1. a. Of the Holy Prophet Nahum.
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2. g. Of the Holy Prophet Habakkuk.
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3. f. Of the Holy Prophet Zephaniah.
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4. e. V. Of the Holy Great Martyr Barbara; And of our VenerableFather John of Damascus.
Dispensation for Wine and Oil
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5. d. II. Of our Venerable and God-bearing Father Sabbas theSanctified.
Feast, Dispensation for Wine and Oil
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6. c. II. Of our Father among the Saints, Nicholas, Archbishopof Myra in Lycia, Wonderworker.
Feast, DispensationforWineandOil
At Matins, Prokeimenon, Tone 4:
Honorable
before the Lord is the death of His saints.
Verse: Whatshall I
render unto the Lord for all that He hath rendered unto me?
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7. b. V. Of our Father among the Saints, Ambrose, Bishop of Milan; And the Translationof our Venerable Father Anthony of Sia, Wonderworker.
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8. a. Of our Venerable Father Patapius.
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9. g. IV. Of the Conception of Saint Anne, when she conceivedthe All-holy Theotokos.
Feast, Dispensation for Wine and Oil
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10. f. Of the Holy Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, and Eugraphus.
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11. e. Of our Venerable Father Daniel the Stylite.
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12. d. V. Of our Venerable Father Spyridon, Wonderworker, Bishop of Trimithys.
Dispensation for Wine and Oil
13. c.
IV. Ofthe Holy Martyrs Eustratius,
Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius, and Orestes;
And
of the Holy Martyr Lucia, Virgin.
III. And of our Father among the Saints, the VenerableElder
Herman of Alaska and All America,
Wonderworker.
Dispensation for Wine and Oil
At Matins, Prokeimenon, Tone 4:
The righteous
cried, and the Lord heard them, anddelivered them out of all their
tribulations.
Verse:
Manyare the tribulations of the righteous, but out of them all will the
Lorddeliver them.
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The Sunday that falls between the 1lth andthe 17th of December is the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers.
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14. b. Of the Holy Martyrs Thyrsus, Leucius, Philemon, Apollonius, Arian, andCallinicus.
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15. a. Of the Holy Hieromartyr Eleutherius; And of our Venerable Father Paul ofLatra.
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16. g. Of the Holy Prophet Haggai.
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17. f. V. Of theHoly Prophet Daniel; And of the Three Holy Children, Ananiah, Azariah,and Mishael.
Dispensation for Wine and Oil
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The Sunday that falls betweenthe 18th of December and the 24th is the Sunday before the Nativity, or,the Sunday of the Holy Fathers.
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18. e. Of the Holy Martyr Sebastian and his Companions.
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19. d. Of the Holy Martyr Boniface.
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20. c.
V. Pre-feastof the Nativity of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ in the
Flesh;
And
of the Holy Hieromartyr Ignatius, the God-bearer.
Dispensation for Wine and Oil
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21. b.
III. Of the Holy MartyrJuliana;
And
of our Father among the Saints, Peter, Metropolitan of all Russia,Wonderworker.
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22. a. Of the Holy Great Martyr Anastasia.
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23. g. Of the Ten Holy Martyrs of Crete.
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24. f. Of the Holy Nun-Martyr Eugenia.
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25. e. I. THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD AND GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST IN THE FLESH
Pascha. Three-day Feast.
General Dispensation up to the Eve ofTheophany.
The Interhours are not used.
At Matins, Prokeimenon, Tone 4:
Out of the womb
before the morning star have I begottenthee; the Lord hath sworn and will not
repent.
Verse: The
Lordsaid to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand till I make thine enemies
afootstool for thy feet.
At the Liturgy, the Eisodikon:
Out of the womb before the morning star have I begottenthee; the Lord hath sworn and will not repent; Thou art a priest foreverafter the order of Melchisedech.
Instead of the Trisagion:
As many as have been baptized into Christ have puton Christ. Alleluia.
On the same day at Vespers,the Great Prokeimenon, Tone 7, is used. See Vespers on Holy Pascha.
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26. d.
IV. Synaxisof the All-holy Theotokos;
And
the memorial of the Holy Hieromartyr Euthymius, Bishop of Sardis.
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On the Sunday after the Nativity,the memorial of the Holy and Righteous Joseph the Betrothed, David theKing, and James, the Lord's Brother.
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27. c.
V. Of the HolyApostle, First Martyr and Archdeacon Stephen;
And
of our Venerable Father and Confessor Theodore, the Composer, and Brotherof
Theophanes,
Writer
of Canons.
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28. b. Of the Twenty Thousand Martyrs burned in Nicomedia.
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29. a. Of
the 14,000 Holy Innocents massacred for Christ by Herod in Bethlehemof Judea;
And
of our Venerable Father Marcellus, Hegumen of the Monastery of Vigilance.
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30. g. Of the Holy Martyr Anysia; And of the Holy Martyr and Presbyter, Zodicus,Protector of Orphans.
Saint Melania's service is also sung onthis day since the Leave-taking of the Nativity Feast falls on the 31st.
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31. f. Of our Venerable Mother Melania of Rome.
On this day the Leave-taking of the Feast of the Nativity of Christoccurs.
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