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Dec. 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 10
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Dec. 22 by Old Calendarists
Saints[]
- Conception of the Virgin Mary
- Prophetess Anna (Hannah), mother of the Prophet Samuel (1100 B.C.)
- St. Valeria of Aquitaine (2nd century)
- Martyr Sositheus of Persia (553)
- St. Stephen the "New Light" of Constantinople (912)
- New Martyr Priest Sergius Mechev of Moscow (1941)
- Martyr Nerses of Persia
Icons[]
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Unexpected Joy"
Other Commemorations[]
- Repose of Archimandrite Theodosius of Tismana and Sophronieve Monasteries, fellow-struggler of St. Paisius Velichkovsky (1802)
- Repose of Elder Anthimus the Bulgarian on Mt. Athos (1867)