December 23 (old calendar) / January 5 (new)

December 23 (old calendar) / January 5 (new) Nativity Fast Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ. Saturday before the Nativity. Holy Ten Martyrs of Crete: Theodulus, Saturninus, Euporus, Gelasius, Eunician, Zoticus, Pompeius, Agathopus, Basilides, and Evaristus (3rd c.). Martyr Euporus (3rd c.). Repose of St. Theoctíst, Archbishop of Novgorod (1310). St. Niphon, Bishop of Cyprus (4th c.). St. Paul, Bishop of Neo-Cæsarea (4th c.). Holy Ten Martyrs of Crete The Ten