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.
The Eve of the Nativity of Christ Christmas Holy Night – Christ Is Born! Let Us Glorify Him!
29th Sunday after Pentecost – Sunday before the Nativity, Sunday of the Holy Fathers
Commemoration of Martyr Boniface of Tarsus (290); Venerable Elias of Murom, Wonderworker, of the Near Kyivan Caves (circa 1188); Martyrs Elias, Probus, and
Ares the Egyptians (308); Martyrs Polyeuctus at Caesarea in Cappadocia, and Timothy the Deacon in Maurentiania (309); Saint Boniface the Merciful, bishop of Ferentino (5th century); Saint Gregory, archbishop of Omirits (552).
Twenty-eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Sunday of Holy Forefathers)
Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost
Commemoration of Apostles Stachys, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus, Apelles, and Aristobulus of the Seventy (1st century); Martyr Epimachus of Pelusium, who suffered at Alexandria (250); Saint Maura of Constantinople (436); Saints Spyridon and Nicodemus the Prosphora-bakers in the Near Caves of the Kyivan Caves Abbey (1148).