Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of December 31
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on December 31 — on the Old Calendar, civil January 13.
Commemorated on December 31
- Leavetaking of the Nativity
- St. Melania the Younger of Rome
When it falls
- New Calendar: December 31 every year
- Old Calendar: civil January 13
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.