Ven. Anthony the Great (356). St. Anthony, abbot of Dymsk (1224). St. Anthony of Chernoezersk, monk (16th c.).
1 Tim. 1:15-17; Lk. 18:35-43
Heb. 13:17-21 ; Lk. 6:17-23
Afterfeast of the Theophany. St. Gregory of Nyssa (395). Ven. Dometian, bishop of Melitene (601). Ven. Macarius of the Kyiv Caves. Blessed Theosebia the Deaconess (385), sister of St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory of Nyssa.
Eph. 4:7-13; Mt. 4:12-17
1 Cor. 12:7-11; Mt. 10:1-8
Forefeast of the Theophany. Prophet Malachias (400 B.C.). Martyr Gordius at Caesarea in Cappadocia (314).
2 Тim. 4:5-8; Mk. 1:1-8
Afterfeast of the Nativity of Christ. Holy Righteous Joseph the Betrothed, David the King, and James the Brother of the Lord. Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen (34). Ven. Theodore Graptus of Palestine and Bithynia, confessor (840). St. Theodore, archbishop of Constantinople (686).
Gal. 1:11-19; Mat. 2:13-23
Eph. 6:10–17; Lk. 18:35–43
Sunday before Nativity, of the Holy Fathers. Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ. Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer, bishop of Antioch (107). St. Philogonius, bishop of Antioch (323). St. Daniel II, archbishop of Serbia (1338). Ven. Ignatius, archimandrite of the Kyiv Caves (1435)
Heb. 11:9-10, 17-23, 32-40
Mat. 1:1-25
