Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center Great Feast of the Nativity According to the Flesh of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ Cycle

Fasting and Feasting Period
Action	Name	Time
Fast	Pre-Nativity Fast	40-days Traditional Begins at the beginning of the Vespers of 15 November on 14 November evening Ends just before Vespers of Great Feast of the Nativity According to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ (25 December) on 24 December evening Shorter number of days Modern Begins at the beginning of the Vespers of 10 December on 9 December evening Ends just before Vespers of Great Feast of the Nativity According to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ (25 December) on 24 December evening
Feast	Great Feast of the Nativity According to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ	40-days Begins at the beginning of Vespers of Great Feast of the Nativity According to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ (25 December) on 24 December evening Ends just before Vespers on the Great Feast of Holy Hypapanty of Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ and the Great Feast of the Purification of The Theotokos (2 February) on 1 February evening 1-day of fasting in this period The Paramony of The Great Feast of Holy Theophany of Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Preparation
Day	Commemorate	Date	Day of Prepar- ation	Apostolos	Gospel
Feast St. Philip Apostle	St. Philip Apostle	14 Nov.		Acts 8:26-39	Jn. 1:43-51
Pre-Nativity Fast Ancient Begins	Philip Fast	Begins 15 Nov.	1	1 Tim. 4:4-8, 16	Lk. 16:15-18 17:1-4
Conception Anne	Maternity Anne	9 Dec.	25	Gal. 4:22-27	Lk.8:16-21
Pre-Nativity Fast Modern Begins	Philip Fast	Begins 10 Dec.	26 - 1	Heb. 9:8-23	Mk. 8:22-26
Sunday before Nativity	Sunday Genealogy	Between 18 and 24		Heb. 11:9-10 32-40	Mt. 1:1-25
Preparation Nativity	Holy Hieromartyr Ignatios, God-Bearer	20	36 - 11	James 2:1-13	Mk. 10:23b-32a
Second Day Preparation	Holy Martyr Juliana Nicomedia	21	37 - 12	Gal. 3:8-11	Lk. 13:19-29
Third Day Preparation	Holy Great Martyr Anastasia	22	38 - 13	Gal. 3:8-11	Lk. 13:19-29
Fourth Day Preparation	Ten Holy Great Martyrs Crete	23	39 - 14	James 2:14-26	Mk. 10:46-52
Paramony Royal Hours		24	40 - 15	Many	Many
Paramony Nativity	Holy Woman Martyr Eugenia	24	40 - 15	Heb. 1:1-12	Lk. 2:1-20
Pre-Nativity Fast Ends	Philip Fast	Ends just before Vespers on 24 December evening	40 - 15

Celebration
Day	Commemorate	Date	Day of Cele- bration	Apostolos	Gospel
Nativity 24 Evening	Jesus Christ's birth in human form.	24 pm	1	Gal. 4:4-7	Mt. 2:1-12
Nativity 25 Morning	Jesus Christ's birth in human form.	25 am	1	Gal. 4:4-7	Mt. 2:1-12
Second Day Celebration	Synaxis of The Theotokos Holy Hieromartyr Euthymius, Archbishop Sardica	26	2	Heb. 2:11-18	Mt. 2:13-23
Saturday after Nativity		Between 26 and 31		1 Tim. 6:11b-16	Mt. 12:15a-21
Sunday after Nativity	Holy and Just Man Joseph, spouse Theotokos; James, brother Lord; David, King and Prophet	Between 26 and 31		Gal. 1:11-19	Mt. 2:13-23
Third Day Celebration	Protomartyer and Archdeacon Stephen; Holy Father Theodore Confessor	27	3	Acts 6:8-7:5a, 47-50	Mt. 21:33-42
Fourth Day Celebration	Holy Martyrs Nicomedia	28	4	James 3:1-10	Mk. 11:11-23
Fifth Day Celebration	Holy Innocents; our Holy Father Marcellus, Abbot Monastery Acemetes	29	5	1 Tim. 6:11b-16	Mt. 12:15a-21
Sixth Day Celebration	Holy Martyr Anysia; Holy Zoticus, Feeder Orphans	30	6	Heb. 2:2-10	Jn. 5:17-24
Leave taking	Venerable Melany/Melania Roman	31	7	Acts. 19:1-18	Jn. 5:24-30
Circumcision	Jesus Christ's Circum- cision.	1 Jan.	8	Col. 2:8-12	Lk. 2:20-21 40-52
Paramony Theophany	Holy Martyrs Theopemptus and theonas; our Venerable Mother Syncletica	5 Jan.	12	1 Tim. 3:13-4:5 1 Cor. 9:16-27	Mt. 3:1-6 Lk:3:1-18
Holy Theophany	Jesus Christ's baptism	6 Jan.	13	Gal. 4:4-7 Titus 2:11-14 3:4-7	Mt. 2:1-12 Mt. 3:13-17
Second Day Celebration	Synaxis of Prophet and Glorious Forerunner John the Baptist	7 Jan.	14	Acts 19:1-8	Jn. 1:29-34
Preparation Holy Hypapanty	Holy Martyr Tryphon	1 Feb.	39	Rom. 8:23-39	Lk. 10:19-21
Holy Hypapanty 40th Day Celebration Nativity	Jesus Christ's presen- tation at Temple.	2 Feb.	40	Heb. 7:7-17	Lk. 2:22-40

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