December 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Martyrs Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius, and Orestes, at Sebaste, also known as the Holy Five Martyrs of Sebaste (284-305) • Venerable Ares, Monk in the Egyptian desert • Saint Auberius, Bishop • Venerable Arsenius the Ascetic of Mt. Latros () ==Pre-Schism Western saints==

• Martyr Antiochus of Sulcis, under the Emperor Hadrian (c. 110) • Virgin Martyr Lucia (Lucy) of Syracuse (304) • Saint Columba of Terryglass and Holy Island on Lough Derg, Ireland (549) (see also: December 12) • Saint Judoc (Judocus, Judganoc, Josse) of Ponthieu, Priest, brother of King Judicäel of Brittany, became a hermit in Villiers-Saint-Josse (c. 668) • Saint Aubert, Bishop of Cambrai-Arras in France, founded monasteries including Saint Vaast in Arras (669) • Saint Odilia (Otilia, Othilia) of Alsace, Gaul (c. 720) • Saint Edburga of Minster-in-Thanet, a disciple of Saint Mildred, whom she probably succeeded as Abbess of Minster-in-Thanet in 716 (751) • Saint Tassilo, Duke of Bavaria and a great monastic benefactor, became a monk at Jumièges Abbey, reposed at Lorsch Abbey (c. 794) • Saints Einhildis and Roswinda, nuns at Hohenburg Abbey in Alsace in France with Saint Ottilia (8th century) • Saint Wilfrid (Wiffred), a monk and Abbot of the Monastery of St Victor in Marseilles, France (1021) ==Post-Schism Orthodox saints==

• Venerable Arcadius of Vyazma, Monk of Novotorsk (Novotorzhok), disciple of Saint Ephrem (1077) • Saints Neophytos, Ignatios, Prokopios, and Neilos, founders of Machairas Monastery, Cyprus (1145, 1172) • Saint Mardarius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves (13th century) • Saint Dositheus (Dosifey, Dosoftei), Metropolitan of Moldavia, Romania (1693) • Venerable Herman, Wonderworker of Alaska (1836). (see also: August 9 - Glorification) • Saint Innocent of Kherson (1857) New martyrs and confessors • New Hieromartyr Gabriel (Gavrilo) I Rajić, Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch (1659) • New Hieromartyr Alexander Yuzefovich, Priest, and Martyr John Menkov (1920) • New Hieromartyr Vladimir Lozina-Lozinsky, Protopresbyter of Saint Petersburg (1937) • New Hieromartyrs Alexander Pospelov and Jacob Gusev, Priests (1937) • New Hieromartyr Nicholas Amasiysky, Priest of Alma-Ata (1938) • New Hieromartyrs Emilian Kireyev and Basil Pokrov, Priests (1941) ==Other commemorations==

• Sunday of the Holy Forefathers of Jesus Christ (December 11–17) • Commemoration of the miracle by the Holy Five Martyrs • Repose of Schemamonk Panteleimon "the Resurrected" of Glinsk Hermitage (1895) • Repose of Blessed Maximus of Ustiug (1906) • Repose of Bishop Theodore, Wonderworker of Trolov Convent in Kiev (1924) • Repose of Hieromonk Joel of Valaam (1937) • Repose of Archimandrite Gerasim Iscu of Tismana Monastery, Romania (1951) ==Icon gallery==

File:Menologion of Basil 026.jpg|The martyrdom of Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius and Orestes. (Menologion of Basil II, 11th century). File:Lucy of Syracuse (Menologion of Basil II).jpg|St. Lucy of Syracuse (Menologion of Basil II). File:La Coquille église vitrail (8).JPG|Sainte Lucy, stained glass window, Church of Saint-Joseph, La Coquille, Dordogne, France. File:Niccolò di Segna - Saint Lucy - Walters 37756.jpg|St. Lucy, . File:Sint Joost (Echt-Susteren) glasraam St.Judocus.JPG|St. Judoc. Stained glass window, Netherlands. File:Alsace Mont Sainte-Odile 24.JPG|St. Odile of Alsace, in Mont Sainte-Odile, Alsace, France. File:Saint Herman of Alaska.jpg|St. Herman of Alaska. ==Notes==