Day

Readings:

• Matthew 1.18-25 (Matins Gospel)
• Galatians 4.4-7 (Epistle) (Nativity)
• Matthew 2.1-12 (Gospel) (Nativity)

Psalter:

• Kathisma 13, Kathisma 14 (Matins)
• Kathisma 15 (Vespers)

On this day the Church remembers:

• Nativity of Christ
• The Adoration of the Magi
• St Melchior of the Magi
• St Gaspar of the Magi
• St Balthasar of the Magi
• Commemoration of the Shepherds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks
• Monkmartyr Jonah at St Tryphon of Pechenga Monastery, by the Swedes
• 50 Monks martyred with the Monkmartyr Jonah at St Tryphon of Pechenga Monastery
• 65 Laymen martyred with the Monkmartyr Jonah

Hymns:

• Nativity of Christ

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