Day

Readings:

• Hebrews 11.9-10, 17-23, 32-40 (Epistle) (Sunday before Nativity)
• Matthew 1.1-25 (Gospel) (Sunday before Nativity)
• Genesis 1.1-13 (Vespers)
• Numbers 24.2-3, 5-9, 17-18 (Vespers)
• Micah 4.6-7; 5.2-4 (Vespers)
• Isaiah 11.1-10 (Vespers)
• Jeremiah (Baruch 3.35-4.4) (Vespers)
• Daniel 2.31-36, 44-45 (Vespers)
• Isaiah 9.6-7 (Vespers)
• Isaiah 7.10-16; 8.1-4, 9-10 (Vespers)
• John 20.1-10 (7th Matins Gospel)
• Galatians 3.15-22 (Epistle) (at Vespers)
• Luke 2.1-20 (Gospel) (at Vespers)

Psalter:

• Kathisma 2, Kathisma 3 (Matins)

On this day the Church remembers:

• Eve Nativity
• Nun-Martyr Eugenia of Rome
• Martyr Philip of Rome
• Martyr Protus the father of Eugenia of Rome
• Martyr Hyacinthus of Rome
• Martyr Basilla of Rome
• Martyr Claudia of Rome
• Venerable Nicholas the Monk of Bulgaria
• St Antiochus

Hymns:

• Eve Nativity
• Nun-Martyr Eugenia of Rome

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