Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of December 8
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on December 8 — on the Old Calendar, civil December 21.
Commemorated on December 8
- St. Patapius of Thebes
- Forefeast of the Conception by St. Anna
When it falls
- New Calendar: December 8 every year
- Old Calendar: civil December 21
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.