Ukongeza kuNyaka omtsha kunye neminye imibhiyozo yovuyo ngenyanga kaDisemba, kukho iintsuku ezininzi ukuba amaKristu okwenyaniso ahlale eeholide ezikhethekileyo. Kolu hlalutyo olufutshane nje, asikwazi ukukhankanya bonke abafel 'ukholo, abaprofeti, abangcwele kunye needropolitans abahlonishwa yiCawa leOthodoki, konke oku kufundwe kwikhalenda eneenkcukacha zeeholide zeCawa ngoDisemba. Kodwa imihla esemqoka umfundi uya kuyifumana yona iya kumnceda ukuba angaphuthelwa umcimbi obalulekileyo.
Iiholide ezinkulu zeOthodoki ngeDisemba:
Ngokuqinisekileyo, umcimbi wokuqala wokubusika kumaKristu ngowama-4 kuDisemba, xa ukungena kwiNdlu yoMama oyiNtsikazi ka-Our Lady kugujwa. Kwintombazana eneminyaka emithathu kaMariya, umbingeleli omkhulu uZakariya akazange abone umntwana olula, kodwa i-Virgin Holy Virgin. Wabonisa isiprofeto sokuba ngale ntombazana kwixesha elizayo iNkosi iya kubonisa uluntu kubantu. Emva koko uMariya wa tyelela indawo apho iTyeya yomnqophiso yayigcinwe khona etempileni, nangona oko kwakukuphulaphula isithethe, kuba kuphela umbingeleli omkhulu ongena kwiindawo ezingcwele apho kunye negazi elihlambulukileyo kuphela kanye ngonyaka. Abazali bashiya le ntombazana iminyaka engama-14 kwi-monastery engcwele kwimfundo kwaye kuphela yanikwa uYosefu endlwini, kungekudala ingelosi eyinkulu uGabriel yamxelela iNtombikazi yeKrismesi kuMsindisi wayo. Ngendlela, kukwaKwenzeni, yintoni eyona nkonzo enkulu yeholide ngoDisemba, ukuba ukuqala kwamaqanda okwenene kubakho rhoqo. Ngaloo ndlela kwangaphambili lo mhla wawubhiyozelwa ngekhefu lokubhinqa kwi-sleigh edibeneyo kunye neentsimbi kunye nokuqwalasela "amasango asebusika".
Emva koko landela iintsuku ezimbalwa, xa ama-Orthodox ehlonipha iinkosana ezingcwele zaseRashiya. NgoDisemba 5 ngumhla wokukhumbula uMikhail Tversky, owabulawa kwi-horde emva kokuvavanywa okungekho sikweni. Umyeni ofanelekayo nomKristu othembekileyo wayenyeliswa ngesikhulu sonyango u-Yuri kunye nesityholo sokuvukela i-khan. Ukuzukiswa kweNkosana uMichael, njengongcwele, kuye kwaqhubeka ukususela ngowe-1549. Uludwe lweeholide zeCawa ngo-Disemba luya kuphelelwa ngaphandle kokukhankanya uAlexander Nevsky omkhulu. Ibandla lixelela ngemimangaliso eyenzeka ngexesha lokungcwaba kwinduna yemfazwe. Kuthiwa umzimba wakhe ongcwele wawungapheliyo, kwaye uAlexandria, njengokungathi uyaphila, wathabatha ileta yokomoya evela kwidolophu yokuqala ngexesha lomkhosi. Lo mcimbi ubonise ukuba uThixo wagqiba ukuzukisa uNevsky njengongcwele wakhe. AmaKristu ahlonipha inkosana ethembekileyo aze amzukise njengengcwele evela ngo-1547.
Usuku olukhethekileyo lwe-Orthodox nguDisemba 7, xa i-Great Martyr Catherine ifanelekile. Ukugatya kuyo yonke into enomdla, le ntokazi yayifumana isipho njengesithonjana kwaye emva koko yaqonda kwiphupha lakhe lokuba yayiza kuhlala ithembekile kuphela eNkosini. Emva koko intombi enhle neyengqondi yayifumana ingqungquthela, eyayiyinyaniso ecacileyo yokubetha noMyeni waseZulwini, kwaye ngoku akukho tshutshiso kuye kwakwazi ukudibanisa ukholo lwakhe. Emva kokubulawa kwi-plaque, iintambo zikaCatherine zadluliselwa entabeni yaseSinayi, kwaye intombi leyo yavakalisa ukuba ngumfel 'ukholo oyingcwele. E-Rashiya, wayesoloko ephakathi kweengcwele ezihloniphekileyo kwaye uthathwa njengomceli wamantombazana angatshatanga.
NgoDisemba 13 ngumhla ka-Andrew obizwa ngokuba ngowokuQala, omnye wabangcwele abahloniphekileyo baseRussia abalandela uKristu baze bashumayela ngokufundisa kwakhe. Nguye obizwa ngokuba yiseko lecawa kwidolophana encinci, eyakhawuleza yajika yaba yiConstantinople, kunye nokutyelela kwiintaba zaseKiev, apho, ngokutsho kwengcwele, inkulu yexesha elizayo lamaKristu yavela kwiminyaka emininzi.
Disemba 17 ihlonishwa yiChurch Martyr Orthodox Church Varvara . Lo mKristu wayejongene nokuvavanywa okukhulu, ubaba ongumhedeni ngokwakhe wanquma ukufeza intombi yakhe ngenxa yokholo lwakhe olungaqinisekanga eNkosini. Kukholelwa ukuba ungumkhuseli wokufa ngokukhawuleza kunye nayiphi na ntlekele, xa ebhekene nokufa engaphenduki.
Uluhlu lweeholide ezinkulu zeeCawa kufuneka zigqitywe ngoDisemba, kubalulekile ukukhankanya umhla kaMnumzana Nicholas. Lo ngcwele uyaziwayo ngemimangaliso yakhe nemisebenzi emihle, uye waba ngumkhuseli oyintandokazi kuwo wonke amaKristu aseRashiya. Akusiyo into yokuba ubunzima beetempileni bezingcweliswa ngenhlonipho yomsebenzi osisimangaliso uNicholas, kwaye ngoDisemba 19 wayehlala ebhekwa njengenye yeeholide ezibalulekileyo kule nyanga yasebusika.