Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of December 29
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on December 29 — on the Old Calendar, civil January 11.
Commemorated on December 29
- The Holy Innocents of Bethlehem
- St. Marcellus
When it falls
- New Calendar: December 29 every year
- Old Calendar: civil January 11
Commemorations follow the Menaion of the Orthodox Church. New Calendar parishes keep them on the date shown; Old Calendar parishes keep them 13 days later on the civil calendar. Local churches add their own saints — your parish calendar comes first.