New Calendar
Revised Julian, December 13Repose Ven. Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America
Vigil- Fasting
- Nativity fast; fish, wine and oil allowed
- Also today
- Hieromartyr Juvenaly, Protomartyr of America; Martyrs Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius, and Orestes at Sebaste; Holy Virgin Martyr Lucy of Syracuse (304); Gabriel the Hieromartyr, Archbishop of Serbia
- Readings
- Vespers: Wisdom of Solomon 3.1-9
Vespers: Wisdom of Solomon 5.15-6.3
Vespers: Wisdom of Solomon 4.7-15
Matins Gospel: Matthew 11.27-30
Epistle: 1 Timothy 1.1-7
Epistle (St Herman): Galatians 5.22-6.2
Gospel: Mark 8.11-21
Gospel (St Herman): Luke 6.17-23