Icon of the Theotokos
Icon of the Mother of God, named “Unexpected Joy”
In Russian: Иконы Божией Матери, именуемой «Нечаянная Радость»
In Church Slavonic: Пра́зднованїе пресвѧтѣ́й бцⷣѣ, въ че́сть і҆кѡ́ны є҆ѧ̀ нарица́емыѧ неча́ѧннаѧ ра́дость
Feast days
2026
Old calendar
- (9 December on the Old calendar), commemoration
New calendar
- , commemoration
2027
Old calendar
- (9 December on the Old calendar), commemoration
New calendar
- , commemoration
Also commemorated on 22 December 2026
- Conception by Righteous Anna, of the Most Holy Mother of God
- Сщмч. Владимира пресвитера (1919)
- Сщмч. Владимира пресвитера и мц. Евфросинии (1920)
- Сщмчч. Василия и Александра пресвитеров (1937)
- Holy Prophetess Anna, mother of the Prophet Samuel (1100 BC)
- Saint Sophronios, Archbishop of Cyprus (6th C)
- Venerable Stephen the New-Light of Constantinople († 912)