New Calendar
Revised Julian, December 18Saturday before Nativity
- Fasting
- Nativity fast; fish, wine and oil allowed
- Also today
- Martyr Sebastian and Companions at Rome; Holy Hieromartyr Modestus I, Archbishop of Jerusalem (634)
- Readings
- Epistle: Galatians 3.8-12
Epistle (Saturday before Nativity): Galatians 3.8-12
Gospel: Luke 14.1-11
Gospel (Saturday before Nativity): Luke 13.18-29