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Thursday, December 24, 2026

Thursday, December 24, 2026
30th Thursday after Pentecost.
Nativity Fast Strict Fast Eve of Nativity.

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)
• 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)
• Hebrews 1.1-12 (Epistle) (Eve of Nativity)
• Luke 2.1-20 (Gospel) (Eve of Nativity)

Psalter:

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

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