December 2023

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2. Mon
3. Tue
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6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 FridayNativity Fast: strictFriday. Prophet Nahum; Saint Philaret the Merciful of Constantinople (762); Our Venerable Father Eligius (Eloi), Bishop of Noyon (660)
14. 2 SaturdayNativity Fast: fish, wine and oil allowedSaturday. 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)
15. 3 SundayNativity Fast: fish, wine and oil allowedSunday. 14th Sunday of Luke
16. 4 MondayNativity Fast: fish, wine and oil allowedMonday. Holy Great Martyr Barbara (290); Our Righteous Father John of Damascus (760); Saint Gennadius, Archbishop of Novgorod (1505)
17. 5 TuesdayNativity Fast: fish, wine and oil allowedTuesday. Ven. Sabbas the Sanctified
18. 6 WednesdayNativity Fast: wine and oil allowedWednesday. St Nicholas the Wonderworker, Abp. of Myra in Lycia
19. 7 ThursdayNativity Fast: fish, wine and oil allowedThursday. St Ambrose, Bishop of Milan; Ven. Nilus of Stolobensk; The Martyrs of Africa, who suffered during the Vandal persecution (429 and following)
20. 8 FridayNativity Fast: strictFriday. Forefeast of the Conception by St Anna of the Theotokos
21. 9 SaturdayNativity Fast: fish, wine and oil allowedSaturday. Conception by St Anna of the Theotokos
22. 10 SundayNativity Fast: fish, wine and oil allowedSunday. 10th Sunday of Luke
23. 11 MondayNativity Fast: fish, wine and oil allowedMonday. Ven. Daniel the Stylite; Saint Nikon the Dry of the Kiev Caves (1101); Our Venerable Father Luke the New Stylite (979)
24. 12 TuesdayNativity Fast: wine and oil allowedTuesday. St Spyridon the Wonderworker; St Finian of Clonard (549); John (or Joachim), Bishop of Zichni
25. 13 WednesdayNativity Fast: strictWednesday. Repose Ven. Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America; Martyrs Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius, and Orestes at Sebaste; Hieromartyr Juvenaly, Protomartyr of America
26. 14 ThursdayNativity Fast: strictThursday. Martyrs Thyrsus, Leucis, Callinicus; Holy Martyrs Philemon, Apollonius, Arian and those with them (3rd c.)
27. 15 FridayNativity Fast: wine and oil allowedFriday. Hieromartyr Eleutherius of Illyria and his mother, Martyr Evanthia; St Stephen of Surozh; Holy Martyr Eleutherius the Cubicularius (4th c.)
28. 16 SaturdayNativity Fast: wine and oil allowedSaturday. Prophet Haggai; Holy Empress and Wonderworker Theophano (893); Modestos, Archbishop of Jerusalem
29. 17 SundayNativity Fast: wine and oil allowedSunday. 11th Sunday of Luke Sunday of the Forefathers
30. 18 MondayNativity Fast: strictMonday. Martyr Sebastian and Companions at Rome; Holy Hieromartyr Modestus I, Archbishop of Jerusalem (634); St Michael Syngellos the Confessor
31. 19 TuesdayNativity Fast: strictTuesday. Martyr Boniface and Righteous Aglaida; Martyrs Boniface, Probus, Ares, Timothy, Polyeuktos, Eutychios and Thessaloniki; Our Righteous Father Gregentius, Bishop of Ethiopia
32. 20 WednesdayNativity Fast: wine and oil allowedWednesday. Forefeast of Nativity; Hieromartyr Ignatius the Godbearer; Repose of Our Holy Father John of Kronstadt (1908)
33. 21 ThursdayNativity Fast: strictThursday. Forefeast of Nativity
34. 22 FridayNativity Fast: strictFriday. Royal Hours of Nativity; Forefeast of Nativity Royal Hours of Nativity
35. 23 SaturdayNativity Fast: wine and oil allowedSaturday. Saturday before Nativity; Forefeast of Nativity Saturday before Nativity
36. 24 SundayNativity Fast: wine and oil allowedSunday. Sunday before Nativity – Eve of Nativity
37. 25 MondayMonday. Nativity of Christ
38. 26 TuesdayTuesday. Synaxis of the Most-Holy Theotokos
39. 27 WednesdayWednesday. Protomartyr Stephen
40. 28 ThursdayThursday. 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia; Our Holy Father Simon the Outpourer of Myrrh, Founder of Simonopetra Monastery, Mt Athos (1287); Holy Martyr Glycerus
41. 29 FridayFriday. Holy Innocents Slain by Herod; Our Venerable Father Marcellus, Abbot of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones (485); Our Righteous Father Thaddeus the Confessor
42. 30 SaturdaySaturday. Saturday after Nativity – Saturday before Theophany
43. 31 SundaySunday. Sunday after Nativity Leavetaking of the Nativity

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