Day

Readings:

• Micah 5.2-4 (1st Hour, Prophecy)
• Hebrews 1.1-12 (1st Hour, Epistle)
• Matthew 1.18-25 (1st Hour, Gospel)
• Jeremiah (Baruch 3.35-4.4) (3rd Hour, Prophecy)
• Galatians 3.23-29 (3rd Hour, Epistle)
• Luke 2.1-20 (3rd Hour, Gospel)
• Isaiah 7.10-16; 8.1-4, 9-10 (6th Hour, Prophecy)
• Hebrews 1.10-2.3 (6th Hour, Epistle)
• Matthew 2.1-12 (6th Hour, Gospel)
• Isaiah 9.6-7 (9th Hour, Prophecy)
• Hebrews 2.11-18 (9th Hour, Epistle)
• Matthew 2.13-23 (9th Hour, Gospel)
• Titus 1.15-2.10 (Epistle)
• Mark 10.23-32 (Gospel)

Psalter:

• Kathisma 19, Kathisma 20 (Matins)
• Kathisma 18 (Vespers)

On this day the Church remembers:

• Forefeast Nativity
• 10 Holy Martyrs of Crete
• Repose of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod
• St Niphon the Bishop of Cyprus
• St Nahum of Ochrid, the Disciple of St Cyril and Methodius, Equal of the Apostle

Hymns:

• 10 Holy Martyrs of Crete

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