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January 6
31st Week after Pentecost. Saturday before the Nativity. Tone 5.
Nativity Fast. Strict fast.
Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).

Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомThe Eve of the Nativity of Christ. Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомNun-martyr Eugenia of Rome, and with her Martyrs Philip (her father), Protus, Hyacinth ( Jacinth), Basilla, and Claudia (262).

St. Nicholas the Monk, of Bulgaria (9th c.).

New Hieromartyrs Innocent (Beda), archimandrite, of Voronezh (1927) and Sergius Mechev, archpriest, of Moscow (1941).

St. Vitimionus of Scetis (5th c.). St. Aphrodisius (6th c.) and St. Antioch (635), monks, of Palestine. New Martyr Achmed (Ahmet) the Calligrapher, at Constantinople (1682).

Articles

Eve of the Nativity of our Lord

In Slavic practice, on the eve of the Nativity of the Lord, the liturgical services consist of the Royal Hours with the Typika, Vespers, and the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great. At Vigil in the evening, Great Compline is followed by Matins.

Nun-Martyr Eugenia of Rome

The Holy Martyr Eugenia, was a Roman by birth. She lived at Alexandria, where her father Philip was sent by the emperor Commodus (180-192) to be Prefect of Egypt.
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