December 2026

Readings

• 1 Timothy 5.11-21 (Epistle)
• Luke 19.45-48 (Gospel)

Saints

• Prophet Nahum
• Saint Philaret the Merciful of Constantinople (762)
• Our Venerable Father Eligius (Eloi), Bishop of Noyon (660)

Readings

• 1 Timothy 5.22-6.11 (Epistle)
• Luke 20.1-8 (Gospel)

Saints

• Prophet Habbakuk
• Holy Martyr Myrope (Myropea) of Chios (251)
• Our Holy Father Athanasius "the Resurrected," Recluse of the Kiev Caves (1176)
• Saint (Stephen) Uroš, King of Serbia (1367)
• Saint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia (1991) (Nov. 19 OC)

Readings

• 1 Timothy 6.17-21 (Epistle)
• Luke 20.9-18 (Gospel)

Saints

• Prophet Zephaniah
• Ven. Savva of Zvenigorod
• Our Venerable Father John the Silent, Bishop of Colonia (558)

Readings

• 2 Timothy 1.1-2, 8-18 (Epistle)
• Hebrews 13.7-16 (Epistle)
• Luke 20.19-26 (Gospel)
• Luke 12.32-40 (Gospel)

Saints

• Holy Great Martyr Barbara (290)
• Our Righteous Father John of Damascus (760)
• Saint Gennadius, Archbishop of Novgorod (1505)

Readings

• Wisdom of Solomon 3.1-9 (Vespers)
• Wisdom of Solomon 5.15-6.3 (Vespers)
• Wisdom of Solomon 4.7-15 (Vespers)
• Luke 6.17-23 (Matins Gospel)
• Galatians 5.22-6.2 (Epistle)
• Galatians 5.22-6.2 (Epistle)
• Luke 12.32-40 (Gospel)
• Matthew 11.27-30 (Gospel)

Saints

• St Cosmas the Protos of Mount Athos and his companions (ca. 1274)

Readings

• Composite 2 - Proverbs 10, 3, 8 (Vespers)
• Proverbs 10.31-11.12 (Vespers)
• Wisdom of Solomon 4.7-15 (Vespers)
• Luke 24.12-35 (5th Matins Gospel)
• Ephesians 6.10-17 (Epistle)
• Hebrews 13.17-21 (Epistle)
• Luke 17.12-19 (Gospel)
• Luke 6.17-23 (Gospel)

Saints

• New Martyr Nicolas Karamos of Smyrna (1657)
• St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev & Vladimir (1305)

Readings

• 2 Timothy 2.20-26 (Epistle)
• Luke 20.27-44 (Gospel)

Saints

• St Ambrose, Bishop of Milan
• Ven. Nilus of Stolobensk
• The Martyrs of Africa, who suffered during the Vandal persecution (429 and following)
• Our Venerable Father Antony of Siya (1556)

Readings

• 2 Timothy 3.16-4.4 (Epistle)
• Luke 21.12-19 (Gospel)

Saints

• Ven. Patapius of Thebes
• Holy Apostles Sosthenes, Apollos, Tychicus and Epaphroditus, Cephas and Caesar

Readings

• 2 Timothy 4.9-22 (Epistle)
• Galatians 4.22-31 (Epistle)
• Luke 21.5-7, 10-11, 20-24 (Gospel)
• Luke 8.16-21 (Gospel)

Saints

• St Hannah (Anna), the Prophetess, the mother of the Prophet Samuel (12th c. BC)
• St Stephen the New Light (Neolampes) of Constantinople (912)

Readings

• Titus 1.5-2.1 (Epistle)
• Luke 21.28-33 (Gospel)

Saints

• Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, Eugraphus

Readings

• Titus 1.15-2.10 (Epistle)
• Luke 21.37-22.8 (Gospel)

Saints

• Ven. Daniel the Stylite
• Saint Nikon the Dry of the Kiev Caves (1101)
• Our Venerable Father Luke the New Stylite (979)

Readings

• Ephesians 1.16-23 (Epistle)
• Luke 13.18-29 (Gospel)

Saints

• St Spyridon the Wonderworker
• St Herman, Wonderworker of Alaska (1836)
• Our Holy Godbearing Father Spyridon the Wonderworker (348).
• St Finian of Clonard (549)

Readings

• Wisdom of Solomon 3.1-9 (Vespers)
• Wisdom of Solomon 5.15-6.3 (Vespers)
• Wisdom of Solomon 4.7-15 (Vespers)
• Luke 24.36-53 (6th Matins Gospel)
• Colossians 3.4-11 (Epistle)
• Galatians 5.22-6.2 (Epistle)
• Luke 14.16-24 (Gospel)
• Luke 6.17-23 (Gospel)

Saints

• Martyrs Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius, and Orestes at Sebaste
• Holy Virgin Maryr Lucy of Syracuse (304)

Readings

• Hebrews 3.5-11, 17-19 (Epistle)
• Mark 8.11-21 (Gospel)

Saints

• Martyrs Thyrsus, Leucis, Callinicus
• Holy Martyrs Philemon, Apollonius, Arian and those with them (3rd c.)

Readings

• Hebrews 4.1-13 (Epistle)
• Mark 8.22-26 (Gospel)

Saints

• Hieromartyr Eleutherius of Illyria
• St Stephen of Surozh
• Holy Martyr Eleutherius the Cubicularius (4th c.)
• Holy Martyr Bacchus the New (787)
• Our Venerable Father Tryphon of Kola, apostle of Laponia (1583), and his disciple the Holy Martyr Jonah (1590)

Readings

• Hebrews 5.11-6.8 (Epistle)
• Mark 8.30-34 (Gospel)

Saints

• Prophet Haggai
• Holy Empress and Wonderworker Theophano (893)

Readings

• Hebrews 7.1-6 (Epistle)
• Mark 9.10-16 (Gospel)

Saints

• Holy Prophet Daniel and Three Holy Youths
• Our Holy Father Dionysius the New of Zakinthos (1624)

Readings

• Hebrews 7.18-25 (Epistle)
• Mark 9.33-41 (Gospel)

Saints

• Martyr Sebastian and Companions at Rome
• Holy Hieromartyr Modestus I, Archbishop of Jerusalem (634)

Readings

• Ephesians 2.11-13 (Epistle)
• Galatians 3.8-12 (Epistle)
• Luke 14.1-11 (Gospel)
• Luke 13.18-29 (Gospel)

Saints

• Martyr Boniface and Righteous Aglaida

Readings

• Genesis 14.14-20 (Vespers)
• Deuteronomy 1.8-11, 15-17 (Vespers)
• Deuteronomy 10.14-21 (Vespers)
• John 20.1-10 (7th Matins Gospel)
• Hebrews 11.9-10, 17-23, 32-40 (Epistle)
• Matthew 1.1-25 (Gospel)

Saints

• Forefeast of Nativity
• Hieromartyr Ignatius the Godbearer
• Repose of Our Holy Father John of Kronstadt (1908)

Readings

• Hebrews 8.7-13 (Epistle)
• Mark 9.42-10.1 (Gospel)

Saints

• Virgin Martyr Juliana and Companions
• Our Holy Father Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow (1326)
• Saint Procopius of Vyatka, Fool for Christ (1627)

Readings

• Hebrews 9.8-10, 15-23 (Epistle)
• Mark 10.2-12 (Gospel)

Saints

• Greatmartyr Anastasia and Companions

Readings

• Hebrews 10.1-18 (Epistle)
• Mark 10.11-16 (Gospel)

Saints

• Holy Ten Martyrs of Crete
• Our Venerable Father Paul, Archbishop of Neocaesarea (4th c.)
• Our Holy Father Nahum of Ochrid, Wonderworker and Enlightener of the Slavs (ca. 900)

Readings

• Micah 5.2-4 (1st Hour, Prophecy)
• Hebrews 1.1-12 (1st Hour, Epistle)
• Matthew 1.18-25 (1st Hour, Gospel)
• Jeremiah (Baruch 3.35-4.4) (3rd Hour, Prophecy)
• Galatians 3.23-29 (3rd Hour, Epistle)
• Luke 2.1-20 (3rd Hour, Gospel)
• Isaiah 7.10-16; 8.1-4, 9-10 (6th Hour, Prophecy)
• Hebrews 1.10-2.3 (6th Hour, Epistle)
• Matthew 2.1-12 (6th Hour, Gospel)
• Isaiah 9.6-7 (9th Hour, Prophecy)
• Hebrews 2.11-18 (9th Hour, Epistle)
• Matthew 2.13-23 (9th Hour, Gospel)
• Genesis 1.1-13 (Vespers)
• Numbers 24.2-3, 5-9, 17-18 (Vespers)
• Micah 4.6-7; 5.2-4 (Vespers)
• Isaiah 11.1-10 (Vespers)
• Jeremiah (Baruch 3.35-4.4) (Vespers)
• Daniel 2.31-36, 44-45 (Vespers)
• Isaiah 9.6-7 (Vespers)
• Isaiah 7.10-16; 8.1-4, 9-10 (Vespers)
• Hebrews 1.1-12 (Epistle)
• Luke 2.1-20 (Gospel)

Saints

• Holy Virgin and Martyr Eugenia and her companions (ca. 190)

Readings

• Matthew 1.18-25 (Matins Gospel)
• Galatians 4.4-7 (Epistle)
• Matthew 2.1-12 (Gospel)

Saints

• The Shepherds who saw the Lord
• The Veneration of the Magi

Readings

• 1 Timothy 6.11-16 (Epistle)
• Hebrews 2.11-18 (Epistle)
• Matthew 12.15-21 (Gospel)
• Matthew 2.13-23 (Gospel)

Saints

• Hieromartyr Euthymius of Sardis
• The Flight into Egypt of the Holy Family
• Our Holy Father Constantine of Synnada (7th c.)

Readings

• John 20.11-18 (8th Matins Gospel)
• Galatians 1.11-19 (Epistle)
• Acts 6.8-7.5, 47-60 (Epistle)
• Matthew 2.13-23 (Gospel)
• Matthew 21.33-42 (Gospel)

Saints

• Our Righteous Father Theodore the Branded, brother of St Theophanes the Hymnographer

Readings

• Hebrews 11.17-23, 27-31 (Epistle)
• Mark 10.46-52 (Gospel)

Saints

• 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia
• The Twenty Thousand Martyrs burned to death in their church in Nicomedia (ca. 304).
• Our Holy Father Simon the Outpourer of Myrrh, Founder of Simonopetra Monastery, Mt Athos (1287)

Readings

• Hebrews 12.25-26, 13.22-25 (Epistle)
• Mark 11.11-23 (Gospel)

Saints

• Holy Innocents Slain by Herod
• Our Venerable Father Marcellus, Abbot of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones (485)

Readings

• James 1.1-18 (Epistle)
• Mark 11.22-26 (Gospel)

Saints

• Virgin Martyr Anysia at Thessalonica
• Our Holy Father Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia (1563)

Readings

• James 1.19-27 (Epistle)
• Mark 11.27-33 (Gospel)

Saints

• Ven. Melania the Younger of Rome
• Our Holy Mother Melania the Younger of Rome (439)
• Saint Zoticus, Cherisher of the Poor and Servant of Lepers (4th c)
• St Theophylact, Archbishop of Ochrid (ca. 1126)