Saint Spyridon Feast Day – Greek Orthodox

Saint Spyridon, Bishop of Trimythous also sometimes written Saint Spiridon (Greek: Ἅγιος Σπυρίδων; c. 270 – 348) is a saint honoured in both the Eastern and Western Christian traditions.

Recognizing St. Spyridon’s role in the defence of the island, Venice legislated the annual “Litany of St. Spyridon” on August 11 as a commemoration of the event. His feast day is celebrated in the East on the Saturday before Great Lent (known as “Cheesefare Saturday”) and December 12. For those Eastern Churches which follow the traditional Julian Calendar, December 12 falls on December 25 of the modern Gregorian Calendar. In the West he is commemorated on December 14.