The Eve of the Nativity of Christ. Nun-martyr Eugenia of Rome, and with her Martyrs Philip (her father), Protus, Hyacinth ( Jacinth), Basilla, and Claudia (262). St. Nicholas the Monk, of Bulgaria (9th c.). New Hieromartyrs Innocent (Beda), archimandrite, of Voronezh (1927) and Sergius Mechev, archpriest, of Moscow (1941). St. Vitimionus of Scetis (5th c.). St. Aphrodisius (6th c.) and St. Antioch (635), monks, of Palestine. New Martyr Achmed (Ahmet) the Calligrapher, at Constantinople (1682). New Hieromartyr Theophan Beatovich, hieromonk, of Kosjerev Monastery (Montenegro) (1941).