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title: "December 30, 2024 — Prophet Daniel and the Three Holy Youths…"
description: "Monday, December 30, 2024. 17 December (Old Style). Prophet Daniel and the Three Holy Youths Ananias, Azarias and Misael. Fast day"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2024-12-30"
language: "en"
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Monday

# December 30, 2024

17 December (Old Style) · 28th week after Pentecost

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2024-12-30) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2024-12-30)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2024-12)

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## Events of the day

- Prophet Daniel and the Three Holy Youths Ananias, Azarias and Misael

  Commemoration

## Fasting

Fast day · Nativity Fast

Nativity Fast, Monday: cooked food without oil.

- Meat: not allowed
- Dairy & eggs: not allowed
- Fish: not allowed
- Oil: not allowed
- Wine: not allowed

Food rules are reference church information. Agree your personal measure of fasting with a priest; consult a doctor if you are ill.

## Readings of the day

- Epistle

  2 Timothy 2:20–26

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  20 Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor.

  21 If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master’s use, prepared for every good work.

  22 Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

  23 But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife.

  24 The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient,

  25 in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,

  26 and they may recover themselves out of the devil’s snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.

- Gospel

  Mark 9:42–10:1

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  42 Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.

  43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,

  44 ‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’

  45 If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched—

  46 ‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’

  47 If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into God’s Kingdom with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire,

  48 ‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’

  49 For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.

  50 Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

  1 He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them.

Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, Julian calendar. Text: World English Bible.

## Saints and icons

- Prayer of the day: [Morning prayer of St Macarius the Great](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/morning-macarius)