December 29, 2019 - December 30, 2019 Sunday after the Nativity of Christ Commemoration of the Holy and Righeous Joseph the Betrothed, David the King, and James, Brother of the Lord. Octoechos Tone 4; The Holy Children who were murdered by Herod in Bethlehem; Our Venerable Father Marcellus, Hegumen of the Monastery of the Sleepless Ones (c. 470); Galatians 1:11-19; Matthew 2:13-23. No fasting or abstention from foods.
December 28, 2019 @ 1:01 am - December 29, 2019 @ 12:59 am Saturday after the Nativity of Christ; the Two Thousand Martyrs Who Were Burned in Nicomedia (303); Passing into eternal life (1945) of Blessed Hryhoriy (Gregory) Khomyshyn, Bishop of Stanyslaviv (Ivano-Frankivsk) and martyr; 1 Timothy 6:11-16; Matthew 12:15-21. No fasting or abstention from foods.