Commemoration of Venerable Isidore of Pelusium (436-440); Martyrs Jadorus (3rd century); Hieromartyr Abramius, Bishop of Arbela (circa 344-347); Saint Nicholas the Confessor, abbot of the Studion (868).

Commemoration of Venerable Ephrem the Syrian (373-379); Venerable Palladius the Ascetic (IV century); Venerable Isaac the Syrian, bishop of Nineveh (circa VII); Venerable Ephrem, bishop of Pereyaslav of the Kyivan Caves Abbey (circa 1098).

Commemoration of Venerable Maximus the Confessor (662); Martyr Neophytus (305); Martyrs Eugene, Candidus, Valerian, and Aquila (303); Virgin-martyr Agnes (304); Martyr Anastasius (662); Venerable Maximus the Greek (1556); Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos “Hodigitria” (“Directress”) (4th century), and wonderworking “Paramythia” icon (807), of Vatopedi (Mount Athos).

Synaxis [meeting] of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist, John.

“Christ Is Baptized!”, “In the River Jordan!”

Commemoration of the Holy Ancestors Joseph the Betrothed, David the King, and James, the Brother-of-the-Lord; Venerable Melania (the Younger) of Rome (439); St. Peter Mohyla, Metropolitan of Kyiv and Galicia (1647).

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)