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| 32nd Sunday after PentecostSunday after the Nativity. Tone 7. |  No fast.
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Afterfeast of the Nativity of Christ. Commemoration of the Holy Righteous Ones: Joseph the Betrothed, David the King, and James the Brother of the Lord. The 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia, including Hieromartyrs Glycerius, priest, and the deacons Theophilus and Migdonius, Martyrs Zeno, Dorotheus, Mardonius, Indes, Gorgonius, Peter, and Euthymius, Virgin-martyrs Agape, Domna, Theophila, and others (302).
Apostle Nicanor the Deacon, of the Seventy (34). St. Ignatius, founder of Lomanosov Monastery (Yaroslavl) (1591). St. Cornelius, monk of Krypetsk Monastery (Pskov) (1903).
New Hieromartyrs Nikodim (Kononov), bishop of Belgorod, and Arcadius Reshetnikov, deacon (1918).
St. Maughold, bishop of the Isle of Man (ca. 488). St. Simon the Myrrh-gusher, founder of Simonopetra Monastery, Mt. Athos (1287).
Repose of Joseph the Hesychast (Romania) (1828).
Articles
 Apostle Nicanor the Deacon of the SeventySaint Nicanor, Apostle of the Seventy was among the first deacons in the Church of Christ. |
 Venerable Simon the Myrrh-gusher of Mt AthosSaint Simon the Myrrh-Gusher lived an ascetical life on Mt Athos, and was glorified by many miracles. |