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31st Sunday after Pentecost. Sunday before the Nativity. Sunday of the Holy Fathers.
Tone 6.
Nativity Fast. |
 Wine and oil allowed.
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Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ. Virginmartyr Juliana of Nicomedia, and with her 500 men and 130 women (304). 
St. Peter, metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow (1326).
Martyr Theomistocles of Myra in Lycia (251). St. Juliana, princess of Vyazma (Novotorzhok) (1406). Blessed Procopius of Vyatka, fool-for-Christ (1627). St. Philaret (Theodosius in schema), metropolitan of Kiev (1857).
New Hieromartyr Nicetas (Pribytkov), bishop of Belev (1938).
St. Macarius the Faster, abbot of Khakhuli Monastery (11th c.). St. Anton II, catholicos-patriarch of Georgia (1827). Finding of the relics (1950) of New Monk-martyr Ephraim of Nea Makri (1426).
Repose of Blessed Peter “the Nose,” of Kama (ca. 1938), Schemamonk Michael of Harbin (1939), and Mother Stavritsa, missionary in Kenya (2000).
Articles
 Martyr Themistocles of Myra in LyciaThe Holy Martyr Themistocles lived in the city of Myra of Lycia during the reign of the persecutor of Christians, Decius (249-251). |
 St. Juliana the Princess of VyazmaSaint Juliana, Princess of Vyazma and Novy Torg, a daughter of the noble Maximus Danilov, was known for her virtues and her chastity. |
 Blessed Procopius of Vyatka the Fool-For-ChristBlessed Procopius, Fool-for-Christ, of Vyatka, was the son of pious peasants. |