Tuesday, December 20, 2033

Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ

On Tuesday, December 20, 2033, Orthodox Christians on the New Calendar remember Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ; St John of Kronstadt; and St Ignatius the Godbearer. It is a fast day, with wine and oil. On the Old Calendar the same day remembers St Ambrose of Milan and St Nilus of Stolobensk. It is a fast day, with wine and oil.

New Calendar

Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ

St John of KronstadtPastor of Kronstadt, man of ceaseless prayer · †1908

Also commemorated

This day is a fast day, but wine and oil are permitted, no meat, dairy, or fish.

The saints of the day

Name days on the New Calendar: Ignatius

  • Tone 2 of the Octoechos
  • 27th Week after Pentecost

Readings, New Calendar

Epistle2 Timothy 3.16-4.4

3:16Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, 17that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. 4:1I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom: 2preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching. 3For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts, 4and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn away to fables.

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GospelMark 10.2-12

10:2Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” 3He answered, “What did Moses command you?” 4They said, “Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her.” 5But Jesus said to them, “For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment. 6But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. 7For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife, 8and the two will become one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

9What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.” 10In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter. 11He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. 12If a woman herself divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

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The order and appointment of the readings follow the Orthodox lectionary. Come to the Liturgy to hear them proclaimed.

Readings, Old Calendar

Epistle2 Timothy 3.16-4.4

3:16Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, 17that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. 4:1I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom: 2preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching. 3For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts, 4and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn away to fables.

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GospelLuke 21.12-19

21:12But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake. 13It will turn out as a testimony for you. 14Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to answer, 15for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict. 16You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death. 17You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake. 18And not a hair of your head will perish. 19“By your endurance you will win your lives.

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The order and appointment of the readings follow the Orthodox lectionary. Come to the Liturgy to hear them proclaimed.

Questions

What does the Orthodox Church remember on Tuesday, December 20, 2033?

  • On the New Calendar, Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ; St John of Kronstadt; and St Ignatius the Godbearer.
  • On the Old Calendar, St Ambrose of Milan and St Nilus of Stolobensk.

Is Tuesday, December 20, 2033 a fast day in the Orthodox Church?

Yes.

  • On the New Calendar it is a fast day, with wine and oil.
  • On the Old Calendar it is a fast day, with wine and oil.

What are the Orthodox readings for Tuesday, December 20, 2033?

On the New Calendar:

At the Liturgy, the Epistle is 2 Timothy 3.16-4.4 and the Gospel is Mark 10.2-12.

On the Old Calendar:

At the Liturgy, the Epistle is 2 Timothy 3.16-4.4 and the Gospel is Luke 21.12-19.

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