Monthly Calendar

DECEMBER 2025 LITURGICAL CALENDAR

(Nativity Fast continues through December 24)

Sunday, December 7. Tenth Sunday of Luke. 

St. Ambrose of Milan; Forefeast of Conception.

Epistle: Ephesians 5:8-19;

Gospel: Luke 13:10-17 (pp.109-110) 

[Healing of Woman Bent Over for 18 years]

Orthros 9:00 am./Divine Liturgy 10:00 am

Christmas Luncheon after Divine Liturgy

Sunday, December 14. Eleventh Sunday of Luke. 

Holy Forefathers of Christ; Sts. Thyrsos, Leucius, & Callinicos.

Epistle: Colossians 3:4-11;

Gospel: Luke 14:16-24 (p.110-112) 

[Genealogy of Christ]

Orthros 9:00 a.m./Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m.

Sunday, December 21. Sunday before the Nativity

Holy Ancestors of the Lord: All God Pleasers from our ancestor Adam to St. Joseph the Betrothed and all the Prophets; St. Juliana & Companions.

Epistle: Hebrews 11:9-10; 32-40;

Gospel: Matthew 1:1-25 (pp. 118-120 ) 

[The Great Banquet]

Orthros 9:00 am/Divine Liturgy 10:00 am

Thursday, December 25. THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST (CHRISTMAS DAY). 

Adoration of the Magi: Melchior, Gaspar & Balthasar.

Epistle: Galatians 4:4-7

Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12 [pp. 122-123]

[Nativity of Lord]

Orthros 9:00 am/Divine Liturgy 10:00 am

Sunday, December 28. Sunday after the Nativity; 

Apodosis of the Nativity; 20,000 Martyrs in Nicomedia.

Epistle: Galatians 1:11-19

Gospel: Matthew 2:13-23 

[Flight into Egypt]

Orthros 9:00 am/Divine Liturgy 10:00 am

JANUARY 2026 LITURGICAL CALENDAR

Thursday, January 1, 2026. Circumcision of the Lord; St. Basil the Great

New Year's Day. A BLESSED NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!

Epistle: Colossians 2:8-12

Gospel: Luke 2:20-21;40-52 

[Jesus circumcised; Jesus in the Temple]

Orthros 9:00 am/10:00 am Divine Liturgy

Sunday, January 4. Sunday before Theophany

Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles. 

Epistle: II Timothy 4:5-8

Gospel: Mark 1:1-8 

[John the Baptist baptizing]

Orthros 9:00 am/10:00 am Divine Liturgy

Blessing of Water for Theophany: the Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan.

Sunday, January 11. Sunday after Theophany

St. Theodosius the Cenobiarch. 

Epistle: Hebrews 13: 7-16

Gospel: Matthew 4:12-17 (pp. 127-128) 

[The Lord Preaches Repentance]

Orthros 9:00 am/10:00 am Divine Liturgy

Cutting of Vasilopita Bread/ St. Basil's Academy

Sunday, January 18. Twelfth Sunday of Luke

Patriarchs Athanasios & Cyril of Alexandria.

Epistle: Hebrews 13: 7-16

Gospel: Luke 17:12-19 (pp. 110-111) 

[Healing Ten Lepers]

Orthros 9:00 am/10:00 am Divine Liturgy

Sunday, January 25. Fifteenth Sunday of Luke

St. Gregory the Theologian.

Epistle: Hebrews 7:26-28;8:1-2.

Gospel: Luke 19:1-10 (pp. 114-115)

[Zacchaios the Tax Collector called down from the tree in Jericho]

Orthros 9:00 am/10:00 am Divine Liturgy