Forefeast of the Nativity
In Russian: Предпразднство Рождества Христова
In Church Slavonic: Предпра́зднство по пло́ти ржⷭ҇тва̀ гдⷭ҇а бг҃а и҆ сп҃са на́шегѡ і҆и҃са хрⷭ҇та̀
Feast days
2026
Old calendar
- (20 December on the Old calendar), commemoration
- (21 December on the Old calendar), commemoration
- (22 December on the Old calendar), commemoration
- (23 December on the Old calendar), commemoration
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2027
Old calendar
- (20 December on the Old calendar), commemoration
- (21 December on the Old calendar), commemoration
- (22 December on the Old calendar), commemoration
- (23 December on the Old calendar), commemoration
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Also commemorated on 2 January 2026
- ✚Holy Righteous John, Wonderworker of Kronstadt and All Russia (ROCOR)
- Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-Bearer, Bishop of Antioch († 107)
- Свт. Антония, архиеп. Воронежского (1846)
- Свт. Филогония, еп. Антиохийского (323)
- Saint Daniel, Archbishop of Serbia († 1338)
- Venerable Ignatius, Archimandrite of the Kiev Caves († 1435)
- Новодворской и Леньковской (Новгород-Северской), именуемой «Спасительница утопающих», икон Божией Матери