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WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS[[Image:Forefathers.JPG|frame|right|Holy Forefathers]]The '''Sunday of the Holy Forefathers''' is the Sunday that falls between December 11-17, the second Sunday before the [[Nativity]]. The ancestors of [[Christ]] according to the flesh are remembered on this Sunday of the Nativity [[Fast]]. All the great Fathers and Mothers and [[Prophet]]s of the [[Old Testament]], starting with [[Adam]], [[Abraham]], the Righteous [[Sarah]], [[Isaac]] and [[Jacob]], including Holy Prophet [[Elias]] and [[Prophet Daniel|Daniel]], and concluding with Holy Prophet [[Zechariah]] (Zachary), [[Joachim and Anna]], Holy Prophet and Forerunner [[John the Baptist]] and The [[Theotokos]]. They lived before the Law and under the Law, especially the Patriarch Abraham, to whom God said, "In thy seed shall all of the nations of the earth be blessed" ([[Genesis]] 12:3, 22:18). ==Hymns==[[Troparion]] (Tone 2) :Through faith You justified the Forefathers,:betrothing through them the Church of the gentiles.:These saints exult in glory,:for from their seed came forth a glorious fruit::She who bore You without seed.:So by their prayers, O Christ God, have mercy on us! [[Kontakion]] (Tone 6) :You did not worship the graven image,:O thrice-blessed ones,:but armed with the immaterial Essence of God,:you were glorified in a trial by fire.:From the midst of unbearable flames you called on God, crying::Hasten, O compassionate One!:Speedily come to our aid,:for You are merciful and able to do as You will.==See also==*[[Sunday of the Fathers]]==External links==*[http://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=1111&PCode=11LS&D=SA&DT=12/16/2001 11th Sunday of Luke] - [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]] website*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=80 Sunday of the Forefathers] - [[OCA]] website*[http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/sermhff.htm Sermon on Sunday of the Forefathers] - Orthodox England website [[Category:Feasts]]
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