Friday, December 24, 1976

Saints of the day

Sfânta Muceniță Eugenia
Înainte-prăznuirea Nașterii Domnului
Sfântul Mucenic Ahmed Caligraful

Epistle and Gospel of the day

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Troparion of the day

Kontakion, tone 3 · Înainte-prăznuirea Nașterii Domnului

Fecioara astăzi pre Cuvântul cel mai 'nainte de veci, merge să-l nască în peșteră negrăit. Dănțuiește lumea auzind, slăvește cu îngerii, și cu păstorii, pre cel ce va să se arate prunc tânăr, Dumnezeu cel mai 'nainte de veci.

Mineiul lunei Decemvrie, ediția a 3-a (1927), p. 376

From the Synaxarion

Fasting today

Strict fast (dry eating)

Dry eating: bread, uncooked vegetables and fruit, water. No oil.

Nativity Fast · Eve of the Nativity of the Lord

No weddings

No weddings

The Mystery of Marriage is not celebrated on fasting days (Wednesdays, Fridays and the four fasts), from Meatfare Sunday to Thomas Sunday, between Christmas and Theophany, on the Beheading of St. John the Baptist and on the eve and the day of the Great Feasts.

Source: Calendar of the Romanian Patriarchate, “No weddings” (opens in a new tab)

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