On December 20, we remember St. Ignatius, the bishop of Antioch, who gave himself to be devoured by lions.
On December 21, we remember St. Juliana, who refused to marry her suitor, Eleusis, unless he converted to Christianity, and who paid for her conviction with her life.
On December 22, we remember St. Anastasia, named for the resurrection, and remembered in the Roman Canon, who gave her life to service to the Christian community, who was betrayed by her husband but who said of Christ, “It is he who has taken away our human weakness, and it is he who now clothes us with divine strength.”
On December 23, we remember the ten holy martyrs who were the glory of Crete.
On December 24, we remember the holy virgin-martyr Eugenia, who was born into a senatorial family, but learned of the foolishness of Christ that surpasses the wisdom of this world. Disguised as a man, she accomplished the greatest of ascetical struggles, and converted so many to Christ, that she was beheaded on the day of his birth.
On December 26, we remember the holy father and confessor Euthymius, Bishop of Sardis, who opposed the iconoclast heresy, and died for the faith after numerous exiles and tortures
On December 27, we remember the holy Apostle, Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen, the model for all martyrdom, who name means the “crowned one,” who won his victory for the Lord.
On December 28, we remember the Holy 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia (I suspect the number is greatly exaggerated but it is based on a historical incident), who imitated the three youth in the fiery furnace in Babylon, and, taking refuge in their church in Nicomedia, the Emperor Maximian ordered that the church be burned down upon them.
On December 29, we remember the Holy Innocent Children, killed by the jealousy of Herod in the town of Bethlehem.
On December 30, we remember the Holy Martyr Anysia, who was born into a rich family. Her parents died when she was young, so she freed their slaves and gave away her inheritance to devote herself to the Christian ascetic life. On her way to church, she was stopped by an officer of the imperial household, who dragged her to sacrifice to idols, and when she refused, ran her through with a sword..