Christ Is Born! Let Us Glorify Him!

The adoration of the Magi: Melchior, Caspar, and Balthasar; Commemoration of the shepherds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks and came to see the Lord.

Christmas Holy Night

Christ Is Born! Let Us Glorify Him!

Strict fast 24 December, 2023. Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great.

Commemoration of Great-martyr Barbara and Martyr Juliana at Heliapolis in Syria (306); Venerable John Damascene (776); Venerable John, bishop of Polybotum (716).

Commemoration of Great-martyr James the Persian (421); Venerable Palladius of Thessalonica (6th-7th c.); 17 Monk-martyrs in India (4th c.); Venerable Romanus the Wonderworker of Cilicia (5th c.).
Nativity Fast (St. Philip’s Fast)

Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost Forefeast of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos (“God-Bearer”) into the Temple. Commemoration of Venerable Gregory Decapolites (816); St. Proclus, archbishop of Constantinople (447); Martyr Dasius (303); Martyrs Eustace, Thespesius, and Anatolius of Nicaea (312); Hieromartyrs Nerses and Joseph; and John, Saverius, Isaac, and Hypatius, bishops of Persia; Martyrs Azades, Sasonius, Thecla, and Anna (343).

Commemoration of St. John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople (407); Martyrs Antoninus, Nicephorus, and Germanus of Caesaria in Palestine (308); Martyr Manetha of Caesarea in Palestine (308).

Commemoration of St. Paul the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople (350); Virgin-martyrs Tecusa, Alexandra, Claudia, Matrona, Polactia, Euphrosyne, and Athanasia of Ancyra (303); Venerable Luke, monk, of Tauromenium, Sicily (820); Venerable Luke, steward of the Kyiv Caves Abbey, in the Near Caves (13th century).

Commemoration of Hieromartyr Zenobius and his sister Zenobia of Aegae, Cilicia (285); Apostles Tertius, Mark, Justus, and Artemas of the Seventy (1st century); Hieromartyr Marcian, bishop of Syracuse (2nd century); Martyr Eutropia of Alexandria (220); Martyr Anastasia of Thessalonica (3rd century).

Commemoration of Holy Apostle James the Brother of the Lord (63); Saint Ignatius, patriarch of Constantinople (877); Venerable Elisha of Lavryshevo (1250).

Commemoration of Martyr Longinus the Centurion, who stood at the Cross of the Lord (1st century); Saint Longinus the Gate-keeper of the Kyiv Caves Abbey, in the Far Caves (13th century).