December 26, 2020 - December 27, 2020 Saturday after the Nativity of Christ; Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God; The Holy Priest-Martyr Euthymius, Bishop of Sardis (824); 1 Timothy 6:11-16; Hebrews 2:11-18; Matthew 12:15-21; Matthew 2:13-23; A day when the faithful are highly encouraged to participate in the Divine Liturgy. No fasting or abstention from foods.
December 27, 2020 - December 28, 2020 Sunday after the Nativity of Christ Commemoration of the Holy and Righeous Joseph the Betrothed, David the King, and James, Brother of the Lord, Tone 5; the Holy Apostle, First Martyr and Archdeacon Stephen; Our Venerable Father and Confessor Theodore the ?Branded One? (844); Galatians 1:11-19; Matthew 2:13-23; No fasting or abstention from foods.