December 16 (old calendar) / December 29 (new)

December 16 (old calendar) / December 29 (new) Prophet Haggai (Aggæus—50 B.C.). Martyr Marinus of Rome (3rd c.). Bl. Empress Theophano (Theophania—893-4). St Sophia (1542). SAINT HAGGAI The Holy Prophet Haggai was the tenth of the Twelve Minor Prophets. He was of the Tribe of Levi and he prophesied during the times of the Persian emperor Darius Hystaspis (prior to 500 B.C.). Upon the return of the Jews from the