17 December 1936, Thursday (04.12 according to the old style)
Church calendar for 17 December 1936
Saints commemorated
- Great Martyr Barbara †ок. 306
- Great Martyr Barbara of Heliopolis †ок. 306
- Venerable John of Damascus ок. 675 — ок. 749
- Hierarch Saint Gennadius, Archbishop of Novgorod and Pskov ок. 1410–1505