Orthodox saints and name days on December 1

Name days on December 1

Naoum, Nahum, Filaretos, Philaretos, Philaret, Filareti, Ananias, Theoklitos, Theocletus

Saints and feasts of December 1

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  Nahum the Prophet

  Prophet, Ναούμ

  The holy prophet Nahum is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament. He prophesied the fall of Nineveh, the proud capital of Assyria, declaring that the Lord is slow to anger and great in power, a stronghold in the day of trouble to those who trust in Him, and that the oppressor's city would not rise again.

  Name days: Naoum, Nahum

• Philaret the Merciful

  Saint, Φιλάρετος ο Ελεήμων

  Righteous Philaret lived in the eighth century at Amnia in Paphlagonia, a wealthy landowner who gave to every needy person who came to his door until he had reduced his own household to poverty. His wife and children reproached him, but he continued to give away even his last ox and his last measure of grain, trusting in God.

  Name days: Filaretos, Philaretos, Philaret, Filareti

• Ananias the Persian

  Martyr, Ανανίας ο Πέρσης

  The holy martyr Ananias suffered for Christ in Persia. Brought before the pagan authorities and commanded to worship the sun and fire, he confessed Christ and was cruelly beaten and tormented.

  Name days: Ananias

• Onesimus of Ephesus

  Hierarch, Ονήσιμος Εφέσου

  Onesimus was Archbishop of Ephesus, one of the ancient apostolic sees of Asia Minor. The Synaxarion records that he shepherded his flock in holiness and reposed in peace; the Church also remembers on this day his fellow hierarchs of Ephesus, Ananias and Solochon.

• Theokletos of Lacedaemonia

  Hierarch, Θεόκλητος Λακεδαιμονίας

  Theokletos was Archbishop of Lacedaemonia in the Peloponnese, remembered by the Church as a wonderworker. Tradition places him in the Byzantine period and relates that he shepherded the people of the region of Sparta with pastoral zeal, working miracles both in his lifetime and after his repose. He is honoured as a patron of the Church of Sparta and Monemvasia.

  Name days: Theoklitos, Theocletus

• Antony the New

  Venerable, Αντώνιος ο Νέος

  Venerable Antony the New is an ascetic of the Byzantine period commemorated by the Greek Synaxarion on this day. Tradition relates that he held office in the world before renouncing it for the monastic life, and that he lived in obedience and stillness until his peaceful repose.