Saturday, 1 January 2028
19 December 2027 on the Old calendar
- ✚Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Cæsarea in Cappadocia
Liturgical colour: gold
Saints of the day
- Circumcision of our Lord
- New Hieromartyr Platon (Kulbusch), Bishop of Reval and Priests Michael Bleive and Nicholas Bezhanitsky
- New Venerable Martyr Jeremias (Leonov)
- New Hieromartyr Alexander (Trapitsyn), Archbishop of Samara and Priests John Smirnov, Alexander Ivanov, John Sulʹdin, Alexander Organov, Vyacheslav Infantov, Basil Vitevsky and James Alferov
- Martyr Basil of Ancyra
- Venerable Emily of Cæsarea, mother of St. Basil the Great
- Holy Hierarch Fulgentius, Bishop of Ruspe († 533)
Fasting
No fastAny food is fine.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.
Readings
- Epistle: Galatians 3:8-12
- Gospel: Luke 13:18-29
- Epistle: Colossians 2:8-12
- Gospel: Luke 2:20-21, 40-52
- Epistle: Hebrews 7:26-8:2
- Gospel: Luke 6:17-23
- Gospel (Matins): John 10:9-16
- Old Testament (Vespers): Genesis 17:1-7, 9-12, 14
- Old Testament (Vespers): Proverbs 8:22-30
- Old Testament (Vespers): Proverbs 10:31-32, 11:1-12