December 3 (old calendar) / December 16 (new)

December 3 (old calendar) / December 16 (new) Nativity Fast. Fish allowed 29th Sunday after Pentecost. Prophet Zephaniah (Sophonias—635-605 B.C.). Ven. Savva (Sabbas), Abbot of Zvenígorod, disciple of Ven. Sergius of Rádonezh (1406). St. Theodulus, Eparch of Constantinople (ca. 440). Ven. John the Silent of St. Sabbas’ Monastery (558). Hieromartyr Theodore, Archbishop of Alexandria (606). Monk Martyr Cosmas of St. Anne’s Skete (Mt. Athos). SAINT ZEPHANIAH The Prophet Zephaniah (Sophonias) was a