December 12 (old calendar) / December  25 (new)   

December 12 (old calendar) / December  25 (new)    Nativity Fast St. Spyridon the Wonderworker, Bishop of Tremithus (ca. 348). Ven. Ferapónt (Therapont), Abbot of Monza (16th c.). Hieromartyr Alexander, Bishop of Jerusalem (251). Martyr Syndesis (Razumnik) of Rome (270-275). SAINT SPYRIDON Saint Spyridon of Tremithus was born towards the end of the third century on the island of Cyprus. He was a shepherd, and had a wife and children. He