Sunday before Nativity

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/20/2026 Saints and Feasts: Sunday before Nativity; Forefeast of the Nativity; Ignatius the God-Bearer; Philogonius, Bp. of Antioch; New Martyr John of Thasos; John of Kronstadt Fast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed) Tone Four Eothinon 7 Matins Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10 On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb…