Name days on December 21
Iouliani, Juliana, Julia, Julie, Themistoklis, Themistocles, Themis
Saints and feasts of December 21

Juliana of Nicomedia
Holy Woman, Ιουλιανή
The holy martyr Juliana was a young Christian of Nicomedia who suffered in the persecutions at the beginning of the fourth century. Betrothed to a pagan of rank, she refused to marry him unless he came to Christ, and for her confession she endured imprisonment and cruel tortures with unshaken constancy before being put to death by the sword.
Themistocles of Myra
Martyr, Θεμιστοκλής
The holy martyr Themistocles was a shepherd of Myra in Lycia who suffered under the persecution of Decius in the third century. Tradition relates that when soldiers searched for a Christian named Dioscorides, Themistocles refused to betray him and declared himself a Christian instead.
Name days: Themistoklis, Themistocles, Themis
Five Hundred Martyrs and One Hundred Thirty Women of Nicomedia
Saint, Πεντακόσιοι Μάρτυρες και Εκατόν Τριάντα Γυναίκες
These holy martyrs were witnesses of the sufferings of St. Juliana of Nicomedia. Seeing her endurance, five hundred men and one hundred thirty women confessed Christ and were beheaded together with her.
Peter of Moscow
Hierarch, Πέτρος Μόσχας
Peter was a monk and iconographer of Volhynia who was made Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia in the early fourteenth century. He transferred his residence to the rising city of Moscow, where he founded the cathedral of the Dormition, and reposed in peace in 1326. He is honoured as one of the great wonderworkers of Moscow.