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Saturday, December 20, 2025 - Forefeast of Nativity; Hieromartyr Ignatius the Godbearer

Saturday, December 20, 2025
28th Saturday after Pentecost.
13th Saturday of Luke.
Nativity Fast Wine & Oil Repose John of Kronstadt; Saturday before Nativity.

Readings:

• Galatians 3.8-12 (Epistle) (Saturday before Nativity)
• Ephesians 1.16-23 (Epistle)
• Luke 13.18-29 (Gospel) (Saturday before Nativity)
• Luke 14.1-11 (Gospel)

Psalter:

• Kathisma 16, Kathisma 17 (Matins)
• Kathisma 1 (Vespers)

On this day the Church remembers:

• Forefeast Nativity
• Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-Bearer the Bishop of Antioch
• Venerable Ignatius the Archimandrite of the Kiev Caves
• St Philogonius the Bishop of Antioch
• St Daniel II the Archbishop of Serbia
• Repose of St John of Kronstadt
• New-martyr John of Thasos

Hymns:

• Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-Bearer the Bishop of Antioch
• Repose of St John of Kronstadt