[[Image:Nativity.jpg|100px|The Nativity of Christ]]<br>[[File:Melane the Roman.jpg|100px|Venerable Melania the Younger]]<br>[[File:Peter-Mogila.jpg|100px|Blessed Metropolitan Peter (Mogila) of Kiev]]</div>[[Leavetaking]] (Apodosis) of the [[Nativity]] of our [[Christ|Lord]]; Holy Ten [[VenerableVirgin-martyr]] [[Melania s of Nicomedia (ca.286-305);Martyr Olympiodora, by fire;Martyr Busiris, martyred by women with knitting needles;Martyr Nemi (Nemo), by the sword;Saint Gaudentius;Hieromartyr Zoticus the Younger]]Priest, of Constantinople, Guardian of Orphans (ca.340) (''see also [[nunDecember 30]] of Rome- Slavonic''); Venerable Cyriacus of BisericaniSaint Anysius, Romania; Venerable Cyriacus Bishop of Tazlu, Romania; Thessaloniki (ca.407) (''see also [[SaintDecember 30]] - Greek'');[[Dositej of Zagreb|DositheusVenerable]], [[BishopMelania the Younger]] and , [[Confessornun]] of SerbiaRome (439); Saint Venerable Gelasius, [[monkMonk]] (Abba), of Palestine; Venerable Gaius;Saint GaiusGeorge the Wonderworker, "the stabbed";Venerable Sabiana, monkAbbess of Samtskhe (11th c.); Saint [[Theophylact Columba of Sens (273);Martyrs of Ochrid]]Catania: Stephen, Pontian, Attalus, Fabian, Cornelius, Sextus, Flos, Quintian, Minervinus and Simplician, early martyrs in Catania in Sicily;Martyrs Donata, Paulina, Rustica, Nominanda, Serotina, Hilaria and Companions;Hieromartyrs Sabinian and Potentian (ca.303); ten Saint [[virgin-martyrSylvester I of Rome]]s , Pope of Nicomedia; Rome (335) (''see also [[MartyrJanuary 2]]s Busiris- East'');Saint Barbatian, GaudentiusPriest and Confessor, and Nemoat Ravenna (5th c.); Saint Zoticus, feeder Peter of orphans Subiaco (see also 1003);Saint [[December 30Theophylact of Ochrid|Theophylactus of Ochrid]], Archbishop of Ochrid (ca. 1126); Martyr OlympiodoraVenerable Cyriacus of Bisericani monastery, Romania (1660); finding Venerable Cyriacus of the body of [[Tazlu, Romania (1660);New Hieromartyr]] Michael, Priest (1937);Martyr Peter (1938);New Hiero-Confessor [[Nestor Dositheus (SavchukVasich)of Zagreb]]. , Metropolitan of Zagreb (1945);'''Other eventsCommemorations:''' repose Repose of [[Blessed Metropolitan]] [[Peter Mogila|Peter Moghila(Mogila) of Kiev]] , Defender of Kievthe Orthodox faithful against subjugation to the Roman Papacy ('Unia') (1646) (''see also [[January 1]] - Ukrainian'');Finding of the body of [[Hieromartyr]] [[Nestor (Savchuk)]] (1993).  <noinclude>[[Category:Calendar day templates|December 31]]</noinclude>