Forefeast of the
Nativity of
Christ;
Greatmartyr Anastasia, deliverer from bonds (or from potions), and her teacher
Martyr Chrysogonus, and with them Martyrs Theodota, Evodias, Eutychianus, and others who suffered under Diocletian; Martyr Zoilus.
Other events: repose of Dositheus,
hermit of Roslavl forests and Optina; opening of the gates of the Great Church of God
