Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of December 3
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on December 3 — on the Old Calendar, civil December 16.
Commemorated on December 3
- Prophet Zephaniah
- St. John the Hesychast
When it falls
- New Calendar: December 3 every year
- Old Calendar: civil December 16
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.