Open main menu

OrthodoxWiki β

Template:December 25

Revision as of 02:46, April 9, 2008 by Koavf (talk | contribs) (cat)

The Nativity of Christ

The Nativity of our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ (one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church); the Adoration of the Magi: Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthasar; the commemoration of the shepherds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks and came to see the Lord; massacre of the monk-martyr Jonah and with him 50 monks and 65 laymen at St. Tryphon of Pechenga Monastery, by the Swedes