Friday January 7, 2022 / December 25, 2021

29^th Week after Pentecost. Tone three.
Sviatki. Fast-free

6The Nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ.
0From December 25 till January 5 is a Fast-free period (Sviatki).
0The Adoration of the Magi: Melchior, Caspar, and Balthasar. Commemoration of the shepherds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks and came to see the Lord.
oMassacre of Venerable Jonah and with him 50 monks and 65 laymen at St. Tryphon of Pechenega Monastery, by the Swedes (1590).
oNew Hieromartyr Michael priest (1930).

The Scripture Readings

Matius 1:18-25
Galatia 4:4-7
Matius 2:1-12