On the Second Day of
Christmas
my true love sent to me:
my true love sent to me:
2 Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree
Are the 2 Turtle Doves the Old and New Testaments or
the two natures of Christ: God and Man?
Did you know that today was the Synaxis of the Theotokos? A Synaxis is a “piggy back” feast for supporting
figures of the day before. Christ was
born on the 25th and we remember His mother on the 26th.
According to the Synaxarion:
On December 26 is the Synaxis in honor of our All-holy Lady Theotokos.
On this day we also commemorate our father among the saints Efthymios the
Confessor, Bishop of Sardis.
On this day we also commemorate our devout father
Constantine who was of Jewish origin.
We also commemorate our devout father Evarestos.
We also commemorate the holy New Hieromartyr Constantine the
Russian, who contested in Constantinople in the year 1743.
By their holy intercessions, O God, have mercy on us and
save us. Amen.
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