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Sunday of the Genealogy of Christ (Feast Falls Between December 18 and 24) |
Oikos
Seeing the dazzling radiance of your conceiving, O Virgin, Abraham the friend of God, noble Isaac, Jacob and the whole choir of saints chosen by God rejoice; and they bring creation to meet you with words of joy. For you appeared as the source of joy, since you conceived in your womb him who once appeared in Babylon and beyond all understanding preserved unburned the Youths unjustly cast into the furnace. And so they also raise the song as they hymn a Virgin who gives suck.
Synaxarion for the Sunday Before the Nativity of Christ
The Sunday Before the Nativity of Christ
Homily on the Genealogy of Christ (St. Gregory Palamas)
On the Saints of the Old Testament
Honoring the Old Testament Athletes of our Faith
Christmas is Coming (Elder Aimilianos of Simonpetra)
The Fleshless and Incarnate Logos
Fr. John Romanides, the Angel of Great Counsel, and Iconography
The Angel of Great Counsel in Iconography
The Journey to Bethlehem in Chora
Commemoration of Righteous Abel, Son of Adam
Homily on Melchizedek, the King and Priest
A Homily on Joseph, the Chaste and Innocent
A Homily on the Meekness of Moses
Homily on the Obedience of Joshua the Son of Nun
A Homily on the Blameless Prophet Samuel
A Homily on the Faith and Zeal of Elijah the Prophet
A Homily on the Long-Suffering and Patient Job
Prophet Daniel Resource Page
An Annual Liturgical Drama That Took Place in Hagia Sophia on the Sunday Before Christmas
Orthodox Christmas Resource Page