New Calendar
Revised Julian, December 15- Fasting
- Nativity fast
- Also today
- Holy Martyr Eleutherius the Cubicularius (4th c.); Holy Martyr Bacchus the New (787); Our Venerable Father Tryphon of Kola, apostle of Laponia (1583), and his disciple the Holy Martyr Jonah (1590); St Stephen of Surozh
- Readings
- Epistle: 1 Timothy 1.18-20, 2.8-15
Gospel: Mark 8.30-34