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December 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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Dec. 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 26

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 7 by Orthodox Churches on Old Calendar.

For December 25th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 12.

Feasts

  • The Nativity, according to the Flesh of our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ:
  • The Adoration of the Magi:
  • Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthasar.
  • Commemoration of the shepherds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks and came to see the Lord:
  • Annunciation to the shepherds; and Adoration of the shepherds.

    • Pre-Schism Western Saints

  • Saint Eugenia of Rome (c. 258) (see also December 24 - East)
  • Saint Anastasia of Sirmium (c. 304) (see also December 22 - East)
  • Saint Adalsindis, a nun at Hamay-les-Marchiennes Abbey, near Arras in France (c. 715)
  • Saint Æthelburh of Wilton (Alburgh, Alburga), a member of the royal house of Wessex, Abbess of Wilton Abbey and a saint (810)

    • Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

  • Massacre of Monk-martyr Jonah, and with him 50 monks and 65 laymen, martyrs at St. Tryphon of Pechenga Monastery, by the Swedes (1589) (see also: December 15)

    • New Martyrs and Confessors

  • New Hieromartyr Michael, Priest (1930)

    • References

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