December 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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Dec. 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 26

[edit] Fixed commemorations

All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 7 by Old Calendarists

[edit] Feasts

• The Nativity, according to the Flesh, of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ
• The Adoration of the Magi: Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthasar
• Commemoration of the shepherds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks and came to see the Lord

[edit] Saints

• Martyrs Jonah, 50 monks, and 65 laymen at Pechenga Monastery, killed by the Swedes (1590)