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- The name is used to designate three feasts: the birth of our Lord (Dec. 25), the birth of the All Holy Virgin (Sept. 8), and the birth of St. John the Baptist (June 24). These are the only actual birthdays kept by the Church.
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Approaching the Nativity
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Dormition of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos
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Colossians 3:4-11 (2 Sundays before the Nativity)
Galatians 1:11-19 (Saint James)
Galatians 1:11-19 (Sunday after Nativity)
Galatians 3:23-29 (Eve of the Nativity)
Galatians 3:8-12 (Saturday Before the Nativity)
Galatians 4:4-7 (Nativity of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ)
Hebrews 11:9-10; 32-40 (Sunday Before Nativity)
Hebrews 1:1-12 (Eve of the Nativity of Christ)
Hebrews 1:10-14;2:1-3 (Eve of the Nativity)
Hebrews 2:11-18 (Annunciation to the Most-Holy Theotokos)
Readings - Gospel
Luke 14:16-24 (2 Sundays before the Nativity)
Luke 2:1-20 (Eve of the Nativity of Chris)
Matthew 12:15-21 (Saturday after Nativity)
Matthew 1:1-25 (Sunday Before Nativity)
Matthew 1:18-25 (Eve of the Nativity)
Matthew 22:14 (2 Sundays before the Nativity)
Matthew 2:1-12 (Nativity of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ)
Matthew 2:13-23 (Sunday after Nativity)
Readings - Old Testament
Baruch 3:36-4:4 (Eve of the Nativity)
Daniel 2:31-36;44-45 (Eve of the Nativity)
Genesis 1:1-13 (Eve of the Nativity)
Isaiah 7:10-16; 8.1-4; 8:8-10 (Eve of the Nativity)
Judges - composite of 13:2-8, 13-14, 17-18, 21 (Vespers, Nativity of Baptist John)
Micah 4:6-7; 5:2-4 (Eve of the Nativity)
Micah 5:2-4 (Eve of the Nativity)
Numbers 24:2-3; 5-9;17-18 (Eve of the Nativity)
Readings - Psalter
Psalm 109 (Ninth Royal Hour, Nativity)
Psalm 110 (Ninth Royal Hour, Nativity)
Psalm 131 (Sixth Royal Hour, Nativity, Consecration of a Church)
Psalm 44 (Matins (Polyeleos on Feasts of the Theotokos) First Royal Hour, Nativity)
Psalm 45 (Mid-hour of First Hour,First Royal Hour, Nativity)
Psalm 5 (First Hour, First Royal Hour, Holy Friday, First Royal Hour, Nativity and Theophany)
Psalm 50 (Third Hour, Matins, others)
Psalm 66 (Service for the Reception of Converts,Third Royal Hour, Nativity)
Psalm 71 (Sixth Royal Hour, Nativity)
Psalm 85 (Ninth Hour, Ninth Royal Hour, Holy Friday, Ninth Royal Hour, Nativity and Theophany)
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