New Calendar
Revised Julian, December 31Leavetaking of the Nativity
- Fasting
- Fast-free
- Also today
- Ven. Melania the Younger of Rome; Saint Zoticus, Cherisher of the Poor and Servant of Lepers (4th c); St Theophylact, Archbishop of Ochrid (ca. 1126); Saturday after Nativity is read on this day
- Readings
- Epistle (Saturday after Nativity): 1 Timothy 6.11-16
Epistle: Titus 1.15-2.10
Gospel (Saturday after Nativity): Matthew 12.15-21
Gospel: Mark 12.1-12