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December 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)


Dec. 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 26

All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 7 by Orthodox Churches on Old Calendar.

For December 25th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 12.

Byzantine icon of Nativity of Christ.
(Byzantine & Christian Museum, Athens).

The Nativity.
(Menologion of Basil II, 10th century)

The Nativity.
(c. 1475)

The Nativity.
(16th century)

The Adoration of the Magi.
(Byzantine & Christian Museum, Athens)

The Adoration of the Magi.
(Fresco in Cappadocia, 12th century)

The Adoration of the Magi.
(Stained glass window in St. Michael Cathedral, Toronto, 1912)

The Three Wise Men", Balthasar, Melchior, and Gaspar.
(Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, Italy, c. 526 AD)

Annunciation to the shepherds (top) and Biblical Magi (bottom).
(Saint Louis Psalter, 1190-1200)


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