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31 December 2021
Friday December 31, 2021 / December 18, 2021
28th Week after Pentecost. Tone two.
Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
1Martyr Sebastian at Rome and his companions: Martyrs Nicostratus, Zoe, Castorius, Tranquillinus, Marcellinus, Mark, Claudius, Symphorian, Victorinus, Tiburtius, and Castulus (287).
oMartyr Victor (1937).
oNew Hieromartyr Thaddeus (Uspensky), archbishop of Tver (1937).
oNew Hieromartyrs Nicholas archbishop of Velikoustiuzh, James, John, Vladimir, and Nicholas priests (1937).
oNew Hieromartyr Sergius deacon and Virgin-martyr Vera (1942).
0Venerable Sebastian, abbot of Poshekhonye Monastery (Vologda) (1500).
0Glorification (1694) of Righteous Simeon, wonderworker of Verkhoturye (1642).
0St. Modestus I, archbishop of Jerusalem (4th c.).
0Venerable Florus, bishop of Amisus (7th c.).
0Venerable Michael the Confessor at Constantinople (845).
0Venerable Daniel the Hermit (Romania).
oMartyr Eubotius at Cyzicus (318).
oVenerable Winnibald, abbot and missionary of England and Heidenheim (Germany) (761) (Celtic & British).
oHieromartyr Zaccheus the Deacon and St. Alpheus the Reader of Caesarea (Greek).
oSt. Gatianus, first bishop of Tours (3rd c.).
oSt. Sophia the Wonderworker (Greek).
The Scripture Readings
