December 2022

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12. 1 ThursdayNativity Fast: fish, wine and oil allowedThursday. Prophet Nahum; Saint Philaret the Merciful of Constantinople (762); Our Venerable Father Eligius (Eloi), Bishop of Noyon (660)
13. 2 FridayNativity Fast: strictFriday. Holy Prophet Habbakuk (Abbacum) (7th c. BC).; Holy Martyr Myrope (Myropea) of Chios (251); Our Holy Father Athanasius "the Resurrected," Recluse of the Kiev Caves (1176)
14. 3 SaturdayNativity Fast: fish, wine and oil allowedSaturday. Prophet Zephaniah; Ven. Savva of Zvenigorod; Our Venerable Father John the Silent, Bishop of Colonia (558)
15. 4 SundayNativity Fast: fish, wine and oil allowedSunday. 10th Sunday of Luke
16. 5 MondayNativity Fast: fish, wine and oil allowedMonday. Ven. Sabbas the Sanctified
17. 6 TuesdayNativity Fast: fish, wine and oil allowedTuesday. St Nicholas the Wonderworker, Abp. of Myra in Lycia
18. 7 WednesdayNativity Fast: strictWednesday. St Ambrose, Bishop of Milan; Ven. Nilus of Stolobensk; The Martyrs of Africa, who suffered during the Vandal persecution (429 and following)
19. 8 ThursdayNativity Fast: fish, wine and oil allowedThursday. Forefeast of the Conception by St Anna of the Theotokos
20. 9 FridayNativity Fast: wine and oil allowedFriday. Conception by St Anna of the Theotokos
21. 10 SaturdayNativity Fast: fish, wine and oil allowedSaturday. Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, Eugraphus; Thomas the Righteous of Bithynia
22. 11 SundayNativity Fast: fish, wine and oil allowedSunday. 11th Sunday of Luke Sunday of the Forefathers
23. 12 MondayNativity Fast: wine and oil allowedMonday. St Spyridon the Wonderworker; St Finian of Clonard (549); John (or Joachim), Bishop of Zichni
24. 13 TuesdayNativity Fast: strictTuesday. Repose Ven. Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America; Martyrs Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius, and Orestes at Sebaste; Hieromartyr Juvenaly, Protomartyr of America
25. 14 WednesdayNativity Fast: strictWednesday. Martyrs Thyrsus, Leucis, Callinicus; Holy Martyrs Philemon, Apollonius, Arian and those with them (3rd c.)
26. 15 ThursdayNativity Fast: wine and oil allowedThursday. Hieromartyr Eleutherius of Illyria and his mother, Martyr Evanthia; St Stephen of Surozh; Holy Martyr Eleutherius the Cubicularius (4th c.)
27. 16 FridayNativity Fast: strictFriday. Prophet Haggai; Holy Empress and Wonderworker Theophano (893); Modestos, Archbishop of Jerusalem
28. 17 SaturdayNativity Fast: wine and oil allowedSaturday. Holy Prophet Daniel and Three Holy Youths; Our Holy Father Dionysius the New of Zakinthos (1624)
29. 18 SundayNativity Fast: wine and oil allowedSunday. Sunday before Nativity
30. 19 MondayNativity Fast: strictMonday. Martyr Boniface and Righteous Aglaida; Martyrs Boniface, Probus, Ares, Timothy, Polyeuktos, Eutychios and Thessaloniki; Our Righteous Father Gregentius, Bishop of Ethiopia
31. 20 TuesdayNativity Fast: wine and oil allowedTuesday. Forefeast of Nativity; Hieromartyr Ignatius the Godbearer; Repose of Our Holy Father John of Kronstadt (1908)
32. 21 WednesdayNativity Fast: strictWednesday. Forefeast of Nativity
33. 22 ThursdayNativity Fast: strictThursday. Forefeast of Nativity
34. 23 FridayNativity Fast: strictFriday. Royal Hours of Nativity; Forefeast of Nativity Royal Hours of Nativity
35. 24 SaturdayNativity Fast: wine and oil allowedSaturday. Saturday before Nativity – Eve of Nativity
36. 25 SundaySunday. Nativity of Christ
37. 26 MondayMonday. Synaxis of the Most-Holy Theotokos
38. 27 TuesdayTuesday. Protomartyr Stephen
39. 28 WednesdayWednesday. 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia; Our Holy Father Simon the Outpourer of Myrrh, Founder of Simonopetra Monastery, Mt Athos (1287); Holy Martyr Glycerus
40. 29 ThursdayThursday. Holy Innocents Slain by Herod; Our Venerable Father Marcellus, Abbot of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones (485); Our Righteous Father Thaddeus the Confessor
41. 30 FridayFriday. Virgin Martyr Anysia at Thessalonica; Our Holy Father Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia (1563); Gideon the New Martyr of Mount Athos
42. 31 SaturdaySaturday. Saturday after Nativity – Saturday before Theophany; Leavetaking of the Nativity Saturday after Nativity – Saturday before Theophany

Strict fast Fast, with some foods allowed. Open a day to see what is allowed.