December 2026
The Orthodox calendar for December 2026: each day with its feast, its saint, and its fast.
In December 2026, on the New Calendar, the Orthodox Church keeps the Nativity of Christ on December 25 and the Nativity Fast until December 24.
- 1Tuesdayfast
St Nahum › - 2Wednesdayfast
St Stephen Uroš of Serbia › - 3Thursdayfast
St Savva of Zvenigorod › - 4Fridayfast
St Barbara › - 5Saturdayfast
St Sabbas the Sanctified › - 6Sundayfast
St Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra › - 7Mondayfast
St Ambrose of Milan › - 8Tuesdayfast
St Patapius of Thebes › - 9Conception of the Theotokos by St Annafast
St Hannah, the Prophetess › - 10Thursdayfast
Menas, Hermogenes and Eugraphus › - 11Fridayfast
St Daniel the Stylite › - 12Saturdayfast
St Spyridon the Wonderworker › - 13Sunday of the Holy Forefathersfast
Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene and companions › - 14Mondayfast
Thyrsus, Leucis and Callinicus › - 15Tuesdayfast
St Tryphon of Kola › - 16Wednesdayfast
St Theophano the Empress › - 17Thursdayfast
Daniel and the Three Holy Youths › - 18Fridayfast
Sebastian and Companions at Rome › - 19Saturday before the Nativityfast
Boniface and Aglaida › - 20Sunday of the Holy Fathers (Sunday before the Nativity)fast
St John of Kronstadt › - 21Forefeast of the Nativity of Christfast
Juliana and Companions › - 22Forefeast of the Nativity of Christfast
Anastasia and Companions › - 23Forefeast of the Nativity of Christfast
St Paul of Neocaesarea › - 24Eve of the Nativityfast
Eugenia and Companions › - 25The Nativity of Christfast-free
- 26Synaxis of the Theotokosfast-free
St Constantine of Synnada › - 27Sunday after the Nativityfast-free
St Stephen the Protomartyr › - 28Mondayfast-free
St Simon the Outpourer of Myrrh › - 29Tuesdayfast-free
St Marcellus of the Unsleeping Ones › - 30Wednesdayfast-free
St Anysia at Thessalonica › - 31Thursdayfast-free
St Melania the Younger of Rome ›
Questions about December 2026
What Orthodox feasts are in December 2026?
On the New Calendar, the Church keeps the Nativity of Christ on December 25.
Is there an Orthodox fast in December 2026?
Yes. On the New Calendar, the Church keeps the Nativity Fast until December 24.