At Holy Nativity, we feast the Incarnation of Our Lord, God become Man, and honor the Most Holy Theotokos, the God-bearer and Mother of God, and we venerate the holy prophets, apostles, evangelists, and martyrs who, for this confession, won the prize of glory.
The Days of Holy Nativity:
- The Nativity of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, According to the Flesh
- Synaxis of the Holy Theotokos
- Third Day of the Nativity: St. Stephen, First Martyr
- 20,000 Martyrs in Nicomedia (by order of Diocletian & Maximian)
- 14,000 Martyrs Slain by Herod (Feast of the Innocents)
- The Virgin Martyr Anysia of Thessaloniki
- The Apodosis (Leavetaking) of Nativity
- The Holy Circumcision of Our Lord, Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
- St. Seraphim of Sarov (beginning of the Forefeast of Holy Theophany)
- The Prophet Malachi
- Synaxis of the 7o Apostles
- The Even of Holy Theophany (Strict Fast) – Paramony (Preparation) – The All Night Vigil
Then follows Holy Theophany, the revelation of the Holy Trinity at the Holy Baptism of Christ