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title: "Sts. Chaeremon and Ischyrion: Feast Day December 22 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-chaeremon-and-ischyrion/
description: "Sts. Chaeremon and Ischyrion, Martyrs. Remembered on December 22. Read their life in Bless."
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Martyrs · Remembered on December 22

# Sts. Chaeremon and Ischyrion

Sts. Chaeremon and Ischyrion is remembered on December 22 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [December 22](https://blessbible.app/saints/december/#22) |
| Title | Martyrs |
| Died | c. 250 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Tuesday, December 22, 2026](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-chaeremon-and-ischyrion/#calendar) |

## Life

Chaeremon, the aged bishop of Nilopolis, who perished with companions in the Arabian desert flying the Decian persecution; and Ischyrion, an Alexandrian steward impaled for refusing his master’s order to sacrifice. Dionysius of Alexandria recorded their deaths, tokens of the multitude whose names are written in heaven.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows Sts. Chaeremon and Ischyrion. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Tuesday, December 22, 2026](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/12/22/) | Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Advent | Violet | 1 Samuel 1:24-28 · 1 Samuel 2:1, 4-5, 6-7, 8abcd · Luke 1:46-56 |
| [Wednesday, December 22, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/12/22/) | Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Advent | Violet | 1 Samuel 1:24-28 · 1 Samuel 2:1, 4-5, 6-7, 8abcd · Luke 1:46-56 |
| [Friday, December 22, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/12/22/) | Friday of the Third Week of Advent | Violet | 1 Samuel 1:24-28 · 1 Samuel 2:1, 4-5, 6-7, 8abcd · Luke 1:46-56 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[December 21 St. Peter Canisius](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-peter-canisius/) [December 23 St. John of Kanty](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-of-kanty/)

[All the saints of December](https://blessbible.app/saints/december/) [Born on December 22?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#12-22) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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Sts. Chaeremon and Ischyrion

Remembered on December 22

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-chaeremon-and-ischyrion/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-chaeremon-and-ischyrion/#calendar)

In the app

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