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December 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)


Dec. 25Eastern Orthodox Church calendarDec. 27

All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 8 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For December 26th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 13.

Synaxis of the Theotokos
(Kirillo-Belozersk Monastery, 15th–16th centuries)

The Flight into Egypt.
(Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai)

Ukrainian icon of the Flight into Egypt; the bottom section shows the idols of Egypt miraculously falling down before Jesus and being smashed (17th century).

The journey of the Holy Family in Egypt
(Signed by Coptic Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria)

Pope Dionysius (259–268).
(Fresco in Sistine Chapel, Vatican)

Pope Zosimus.

Stained glass window depicting Saint Jarlath (1961).

Icon of the "Mother of God of "Vilna"
(Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn, Vilnius)

Icon of the Mother of God "Merciful".
(Mosaic icon from Kykkos Monastery, Cyprus).

Icon of the Mother of God "" or "Barlovsk" (1392).

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