December 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Holy Apostle Tychicus (1st century)^[1] (see also: December 8)
• Martyr Athenodorus of Mesopotamia (304)^{[2][3][note 2]}
• Martyr Neophytus, by drowning.^[5]
• Martyr Dometius, by the sword.^[6]
• Martyrs Priscus, Martin, and Nicholas, near Blachernae.^[7][8][9]
• Martyrs Isidore, Acepsimas, and Leo, by fire.^[10]
• Martyrs Gaianos and Gaina, by fire.^[11]
• Venerable Ammon, Bishop of Nitria (c. 350)^{[12][note 3]} (see also October 4^[13] )
• Saint Ambrose of Milan, Bishop (Ambrose of Mediolanum) (397)^{[14][15][16][note 4][note 5]}
• Holy Orthodox Woman Martyr, in Rome, by being burned alive, for refusing Arianism.^[18]
• Holy Orthodox Martyrs burned in the Temple, in Carthage, by the Arians.^[19]
• Holy 362 martyrs of Africa, martyred by the Arians:
  • Holy 300 martyrs of Africa martyred by the Arians, by beheading, under Huneric (c. 477–484)^[20]
  • Holy 60 Hieromartyrs, Priests, by having their tongues cut out (c. 474–476)^[21]
  • Holy 2 Hieromartyrs, Priests, under Huneric, by sawing (c. 474–476)^[22]
• Saint Bassa of Jerusalem, Abbess (5th century)^[23] (see also: December 9 - Greek)
• Saint Ignatius, monk, near Blachernae.^[24]
• Saint Paul the Obedient, of Cyprus.^{[23][25][26][note 6]}
• Venerable John the Faster, of St. Sabbas Monastery.^[23]

• Saint Urban of Teano (Urbanus), Bishop of Teano in Campania, Confessor (c. 356)^[15][17]
• Saint Victor of Piacenza, first Bishop of Piacenza c. 322–375, defender of Orthodoxy against Arianism (375)^[15]
• Saint Anianus (Agnan, Aignan), fifth Bishop of Chartres in France (5th century)^[15]
• Saint Martin of Saujon, a disciple of St Martin of Tours, founded the monastery of Saujon (c. 400)^{[15][note 7]}
• Saint Servus, a layman of noble birth, martyred under the Arian Vandal King Huneric (483)^{[15][note 8]} (see also: December 6)
• Saint Buithe (Buite, Boethius), founder of Monasterboice in Ireland (521)^{[15][note 9]}
• Saint Burgundofara (Fara), founder of Faremoutiers Abbey (657)^{[15][17][note 10]}
• Saint Diuma, Bishop of the Mercians and Middle Anglians (7th century)^{[28][29][note 11]}

• Saint Philothea of Turnovo (Philothea of Thrace, the Protectress of Romania) (1060)^{[23][30][note 12]}
• Saint John, faster of the Kiev Caves (12th century)^[23][31][32]
• Righteous Gerasimos, Ascetic of Euboea, missionary of Greece in the period of the Frankokratia (c. 1320)^[33]
• Venerable Gregory the Silent of Mount Athos, founder of Grigoriou, Mt. Athos (Gregory of Serbia) (1405)^{[23][34][35][note 13]}
• Saint Nilus of Stolbnyi Island (Nilus, monk of Stolbensk Lake) (1544)^[23][37][38]
• Saint Anthony, Abbot of Siya Monastery (Novgorod) (1556)^[23][39][40]
• Righteous Gerasimos Mikragiannanitis, Hymnographer of the Great Church of Christ (1991, N.S.)^{[41][42][note 14]}

New martyrs and confessors

• Hieromartyr Sergius Galkovsky (1917)^[28][43]
• Hieromartyr Antonius Popov, Priest (1918)^[28][29][43]
• Hieromartyr Andronic (1918)^[28]
• Hiero-confessor Ambrose (Polyansky), Bishop of Kamenets-Podolsk (1932)^{[23][28][note 15]}
• Hieromartyrs Sergius Goloshapov, Michael Uspensky and Sergius Uspensky, Priests (1937)^[28][43]
• Hieromartyr Nikiphor Litvin, Deacon, and Hieromartyr Galaction Urbanowicz-Novikov (1937)^[28][43]
• Martyr Joanna Demidova (1937)^[28][43]
• Hieromartyrs Peter Krestov and Basil Mirozhin, Priests (1941)^[28][43]

• Consecration of the Church of the Theotokos in the district of the Curator, Constantinople ((in Greek) τοῦ Κουράτορος) (5th century)^{[44][note 16][note 17]}
• "Seligersk" (Vladimirsk) Icon of the Mother of God.^{[28][29][45][note 18]}
• Repose of Abbot Gabriel of Valaam (1910)^{[23][note 19]}
• Repose of Elder Ephraim of Philotheou and Arizona (2019)^{[48][49][note 20]}

• 
  St. Ammon of Egypt (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century).
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  St. Ambrose of Milan.
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  St. Burgundofara, stained glass window.
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  St. Anthony of Siya.
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  Hiero-confessor Ambrose (Polyansky), Bishop of Kamenets-Podolsk.
• 
  St. Gerasimos Mikragiannanitis, Hymnographer of the Great Church of Christ.

• December 7/20. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• December 20 / December 7. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• December 7. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• December 7. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 376–377.
• Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. p. 587-588.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 7 ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 7 Δεκεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 20 декабря (7 декабря). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (in Russian) 7 декабря (ст.ст.) 20 декабря 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).