The December calendar has more Old Testament saints that perhaps any other month.

In the weeks leading up to the Birth of Christ, the Liturgical Calendar is filled with saints from the Old Testament.   The Sunday of the Forefathers of Christ (December 17 this year) focuses on those in Christ's family tree.

A homily of St. Gregory Palamas shows how those saints foreshadowed Christ and His ministry and work on earth...

On the Saints of the Old Testament