Wednesday December 15, 2021 / December 2, 2021

26^th Week after Pentecost. Tone eight.
Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)

1Prophet Habakkuk (Abbacum) (7th c. B.C.).
oNew Hieromartyr John priest (1919).
oNew Hieromartyr Mathew priest (1921).
oNew Hieromartyr Demetrius priest and Venerable Vera confessor (1932).
oNew Hieromartyrs Alexis, Constantine, Nicholas, Sergius, Vladimir, John, Theodore, Nicholas, John, Nicholas, Paul, Sergius priests, Hieromartyr Danact, Cosmas,, Woman Hieromartyrs Theuromia, Tamara, Antonina, and Mary; and Virgin-martyrs Mary and Matrona (1937).
oVirgin-martyr Mary (1938).
oMartyr Boris (1942).
0Venerable Athanasius “the Resurrected,” recluse of the Kiev Caves, whose relics are in the Near Caves (1176).
0Venerable Athanasius, recluse of the Kiev Caves whose relics are in the Far Caves (13th c.).
0Martyr Myrope of Chios (251).
0Venerables John, Heraclemon, Andrew, and Theophilus of Egypt (4th c.).
0Venerable Jesse (Ise), bishop of Tsilkani in Georgia (6th c.) (Georgia).
0St. Stephen-Urosh IV, king (1371), and St. Helen of Serbia.
0Icon of the Mother of God, named “Gerontissa”.
oSt. Solomon, archbishop of Ephesus.
oVenerable Cyril of Philea (1110).
oVenerable Ioannicius, monk of Devich (1430) (Greek).
oSt. Abibus the New (Greek).

The Scripture Readings

1 Timotius 1:18-20; 2:8-15
Lukas 20:1-8