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The Twenty-fifth Day of December, Innumeris transactis saeculis a creatione mundi, quando in principio Deus creavit caelum et terram et hominem formavit ad imaginem suam; when ages beyond number had run their course from the creation of the world, when God in the beginning created heaven and earth, and formed man in his own likeness;
The General Roman Calendar (GRC) is the liturgical calendar that indicates the dates of celebrations of saints and mysteries of the Lord (Jesus Christ) in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, wherever this liturgical rite is in use. These celebrations are a fixed annual date, or occur on a particular day of the week.
The Baptism of the Lord, celebrated on the Sunday after January 6 (or, where the Solemnity of the Epiphany is transferred to the Sunday that occurs on January 7 or 8, on the following Monday) [5] The Presentation of the Lord, celebrated on 2 February; The Transfiguration of the Lord, celebrated on 6 August
The phrase "the Lord's day" appears only one time in the New Testament, [13] in Revelation 1:10 which was written near the end of the first century.It is the English translation of the Koine Greek Kyriake hemera.
27 December: Saint Stephen's Day: Divine Liturgy: Acts 6:8–15; 7:1–5, 47–60: Matthew 21:33–42 29 December: Holy Innocents' Day: Divine Liturgy: 2 Corinthians 5:15–21: Matthew 2:13–23 30 December-5 January: Saturday before Theophany: Divine Liturgy: 1 Timothy 3:14–4:5: Matthew 3:1–11 1 January: Feast of the Circumcision of Christ ...
The feast is celebrated with an All-Night Vigil, beginning the evening of December 31.The hymns of the feast are combined with those for Saint Basil the Great.After the Divine Liturgy the next morning, Russian churches often celebrate a New Year Molieben (service of intercession) to pray for God's blessing for the beginning of the civil New Year (Byzantine Christians commemorate the Indiction ...
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In the ancient Roman world, 24 June was the traditional date of the summer solstice and 25 December the date of the winter solstice, [15] both of which were marked by festivals. [16] [17] In the 4th century AD, the Christian church began marking 24 June as the birth day of Saint John the Baptist and 25 December as the birth day of Jesus.