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</div>[[Afterfeast]] of the [[Nativity]] of [[Christ]]; the [[Holy Innocents|14,000 infants (Holy Innocents) slain by Herod at Bethlehem]], the first Christian martyrs; Venerable Athenodorus, disciple of St. Pachomius the Great (4th c.)Venerable Benjamin, [[Saintmonk]] of Nitria in Egyptn (392); Venerable Marcellus, [[Abbot]] of the [[Monastery]] of the Unsleeping Ones("the Ever-Vigilant"), Constantinople (485); Saint Venerable Thaddeus, [[confessorConfessor]], of the [[StudionMonastery]] (818); Venerble Saint George, Bishop of Nicomedia, composer of Canons and Troparia (ca.857-891)Saint BenjaminTrophimus, first Bishop of Arles in France (ca.280);Martyrs Callistus, Felix and Boniface, martyrs in Rome;Martyrs Dominic, Victor, Primian, Lybosus, Saturninus, Crescentius, Secundus and Honoratus, martyrs in North Africa;Saint Albert of Gambron, a courtier who became a hermit, later founding the small monastery of Gambron-sur-l'Authion in France (7th c.)'Saint Ebrulfus (''Evroult''), [[Abbot]], born in Bayeux, monkat the monastery of [[w:Deux-Jumeaux|Deux-Jumeaux]] of Nitria in Egypt; Saint Athenodoros, later founding a monastery at [[disciplew:Pays d'Ouche|Pays d'Ouche]] in Normany, and other smaller monasteries (596);Saint Girald (''Girard, Giraud''), monk at Lagny in France, later Abbot of St. Pachomios the Great; Saint George-Arnoul, and of [[Bishopw:Fontenelle Abbey|Fontenelle Abbey]] of Nicomedia, where he was murdered (1031); Saints Saint Mark the Grave-digger, Theophilus, and John of the [[Kiev Caves]](11th c.);Saints Theophilus and John, of the Kiev Caves (11th-12th c.); Saint Theophilus , Abbot, of Luga and Omutch; ([[Pskov]]) (1412), disciple of St. Arsenius of Konevits.Saint EvroulBasiliscus, [[AbbotElder]], the [[Hesychast]] of Saint-EvroulSiberia (Turinsk) (1824);Venerable Laurence of Chernigov (1950); commemoration New Hieromartyr Arcadius, Bishop of all Orthodox Christians who died from hungerTver (1937);New Hieromartyr Theodosius Belenky, Priest, at Chimkent (1938);Virgin-martyrs: Natalia, Natalia, Eudokia, Anna, Matrona, Barbara, Anna, thirstEudokia, the swordEphrosia, Agrippina and freezing. Natalia (1942);'''Other eventsCommemorations:''' repose Commemoration of Elder Basiliscus of Siberia; founding the consecration of the Church of the Holy Forty Martyrs, near the Copper Tetrapyle (four-way arch);Commemoration of all Orthodox Christians who have died from hunger, thirst, the sword, and freezing. <noinclude>[[Category:Calendar day templates|December 29]]</noinclude>