Holy Martyr Synetus, reader of the Church of Rome.
The holy martyr Synetus was a reader of the Church of Rome in the third century. Brought before the emperor Aurelian, he confessed Christ boldly and was beheaded.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Synetus of Rome is commemorated on December 12. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on December 25 of the civil calendar.
Also commemorated on December 12

Spyridon of Trimythous
Hierarch, Σπυρίδων Τριμυθούντος
Bishop Spyridon of Tremithus, wonderworker, patron of Corfu.
Name days: Spyridon, Spyros, Spiros, Spirou, Spiro, Spyridoula, Spiridoula
John of Zichna
Venerable, Ιωάννης Ζιχνών
Venerable John, Bishop of Zichna, founder of the Monastery of the Forerunner near Serres.
Therapon of Monza
Venerable, Θεράπων του Μονζέσκιϋ
Venerable Therapon, abbot of the Monastery of Monza in Russia.