Template:December 23

</div>[[Forefeast]] of the [[Nativity]] of [[Christ]]; holy ten [[martyr]]s of Crete: Theodulus, Saturninus, Euporus, Gelasius, Eunician, Zoticus, Pompeius, Agathopus, Basilides, and Evaristus; [[Saint]] Paul, [[Bishop]] of Neo-Caesarea, one of the [[Church Fathers|Fathers]] of [[First Council of Nicaea|Nicaea]]; Saint Niphon, Bishop of Cyprus; Saint Nahum of Ohrid, [[Enlightener]] of the Bulgarians, [[disciple]] of Ss. [[Cyril and Methodius]] (see [[February 14]]), [[Equal-to-the-Apostles]] and [[Wonder-worker]]; Saint Niphon, [[monk]]; Saint Theoctistus, [[Archbishop]] of Novgorod; Saint David of Echmiadzin in Armenia; [[New-Martyr]]s [[Priest]]s John and Nicholas; Martyr Schinon; Saint Frithebert, Bishop of Hexham.  '''Other events:''' remembrance of the founding of the Holy and Great Church of Christ, [[Hagia Sophia]] in Constantinople