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Friday December 20, 2024 / December 7, 2024

26^th Week after Pentecost. Tone eight.
Nativity (St. Philip's Fast). Food with Oil

St. Ambrose, bishop of Milan (397).
Venerable Nilus, monk, of Stolben Island (1554).
Venerable Anthony, abbot of Siya Monastery (Novgorod) (1556).
New Hieromartyrs Sergius, Andronic (1917).
New Hieromartyr Antonius priest (1918).
St. Ambrosius confessor, bishop of Kamenets-Podolsk (1932).
New Hieromartyrs Sergius, Michael and Sergius priests, Nicephore deacon and Hieromartyr Galaction and Gurias, Martyr John (1937).
New Hieromartyrs Peter and Basil priests (1941).
Venerable John, faster of the Kiev Caves (12th c.)..
Martyr Athenodorus of Mesopotamia (304).
Venerable Paul the Obedient.
St. Philothea of Turnovo (1060), whose relics are in Arges, Romania.
Icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir of Seligersk.
Venerable Gregory the Silent of Serbia, founder of Grigoriou Monastery, Mt. Athos (1405) (Greek).
Venerable Ignatius, monk, near Blachernae (Greek).
St. Bassa of Jerusalem, abbess (5th c.).
St. Diuma, bishop of the Mercians and Middle Anglians.
Martyr Neophytus (Greek).
Martyr Dometius (Greek).
Martyrs Isidore, Acepsimas and Leo (Greek).

The Scripture Readings

1 Timothy 4:4-8, 16 (svenska) · 1 Timothy 4:4-8, 16 (engelska)
Luke 21:37-22:8 (svenska) · Luke 21:37-22:8 (engelska)
Thursday Reading
1 Timothy 3:1-13 (svenska) · 1 Timothy 3:1-13 (engelska)
Luke 21:28-33 (svenska) · Luke 21:28-33 (engelska)