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Saturday, December 29, 2012 - Holy Innocents Slain by Herod

Saturday, December 29, 2012
30th Saturday after Pentecost.
15th Saturday of Luke.
fast free Fast Free Saturday after Nativity.

• 6:00 PM Vespers

Readings:

• 1 Timothy 6.11-16 (Epistle) (Saturday after Nativity)
• Ephesians 5.1-8 (Epistle)
• Matthew 12.15-21 (Gospel) (Saturday after Nativity)
• Luke 17.3-10 (Gospel)

Psalter:

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

On this day the Church remembers:

• 14,000 Infants slain by Herod
• Afterfeast of the Nativity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
• Venerable Marcellus the Abbot of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones
• Venerable Mark the Grave-Digger of the Kiev Near Caves
• Venerable Theophilus of the Kiev Near Caves
• Venerable John of the Kiev Near Caves
• Venerable Theophilus of Luga and Omutch
• Venerable Thaddeus the Confessor of the Studion

Hymns:

• 14,000 Infants slain by Herod
• Afterfeast of the Nativity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ