December 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 21
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on January 2 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For December 20th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 7.Feasts
- Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ.
Saints
- Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer, Bishop of Antioch
- Saint Philogonius, Bishop of Antioch, Confessor
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Martyrs Liberatus and Bajulus, at Rome.
- Saint Ursicinus of Cahors, Bishop of Cahors in France
- Saint Dominic of Brescia, successor of St Anastasius as Bishop of Brescia in Italy
- Saint Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne, born in Ireland, he was a disciple of St Columbanus, and founded the monastery of St Ursanne
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Daniel II, Archbishop of Serbia
- Saint Ignatius, Archimandrite of the Kiev Caves
- New Martyr John of the island of Thasos, at Constantinople, by beheading
- Saint :ru:Антоний |Anthony, Archbishop of Voronezh
- Righteous John of Kronstadt, Wonderworker
- New Hieromartyr Nikolai Chernishev, Archpriest, of Udmurtia, and New Martyr Barbara, his daughter
Other commemorations
- Novgorod Icon of the Theotokos, "Deliverance of the Drowning".
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