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[[Image:Nativity.jpg|100px|The Nativity of Christ]]<br>
[[File:MapOfHolyFamilyInEgypt.jpg|100px|The Holy Family in Egypt]]
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[[Afterfeast|Second Day]] of the [[Feast]] of the [[Nativity]]; 
[[Synaxis]] of the Most Holy [[Theotokos]];
Commemoration of the [[The Holy Family in Egypt|Flight into Egypt]] of the Most Blessed [[Theotokos]];
The holy [[righteous]] ones: [[Joseph the Betrothed]], [[David|David the King]], and [[Apostle James the Just|James the Brother of the Lord]];
Saint Archelaus, Bishop of Harran in Northern Mesopotamia (ca.280);
Saint Zeno (Zenon), Bishop of Majuma (the port of Gaza), in Palestine (4th c.);
[[Hieromartyr]] Euthymius of Sardis (Euthymios the [[Confessor]]), Bishop of Sardis (840);
Venerable Evaristus (Evarestos), Monk of the Studion Monastery (825);
Saint [[Dionysius of Rome]], Pope of Rome (268);
Saint Marinus, the son of a senator in Rome, he was martyred by beheading under Numerian (283);
Saint [[Zosimus of Rome]], a Greek Pope of Rome (418);
Saint Tathai (Tathan, Tathaeus, Athaeus), Abbot of Llantathan (early 6th c.);
Saint Jarlath, first Bishop of Tuam, founder of the monastery of [[w:Cloonfush|Cluain Fois]], near Tuam (Ireland) (ca. 540);
Saint Theodore the Sacrist, a holy man and contemporary of St Gregory the Great in Rome (6th c.);
Saint Amaethlu (Maethlu) (6th c.);
Saint Nicodemus of [[w:Tismana|Tismana]], Romania (1406);
New Hieromartyr Constantius the Russian, Priest at Constantinople, by beheading (1743);
New Hieromartyrs Alexander and Demetrius, Priests (1918);
New Hieromartyrs Nicholas, and Nicholas, Priests, and Michael, Deacon (1930);
New Hieromartyr Leonidas (Antoshchenko), Bishop of Mariisk (1937);
New Hieromartyr Basil (Mazurenko), Hieromonk (1937);
New Martyr Augusta (Zashchuk), Schema-Nun (1937);
Virgin-martyrs Anthisa and Makaria (1937);
New Hieromartyr Andrew, Bishop of Ufa (1937);
New Martyr, Valentina, (1937);
Hieromartyr Alexander, Priest (1937);
[[Venerable]] New Hieromartyr Isaac II (Bobrikov), Archimandrite of [[Optina Monastery]] (1938);
New Hieromartyr Gregory, Priest (1938);
Virgin-martyrs Augusta and Mary (1938);
Martyr Agrippina (1938);
'''Other Commemorations:'''
Repose of Abbot Barlaam the Righteous of [[Valaam Monastery|Valaam]] and [[Optina Monastery|Optina]] Monasteries (1849);
Repose of Archimandrite Irenarchus (Rosetti) of Mt. Tabor (1859);
'''Icons:'''
Icon of the "Mother of God of "Vilna" ("Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn");
Icon of the Mother of God "the Three Joys";
Icon of the Mother of God "Merciful" (Greek: [[Panagia Eleousa|Eleousa]]);
Icon of the Mother of God "the Blessed Womb" or "Barlovsk" (1392);
Icon of the Mother of God "Baibuzsk" (Baibuskaya) (1852).

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