--- title: "December 30, 2026 — Prophet Daniel and the Three Holy Youths…" description: "Wednesday, December 30, 2026. 17 December (Old Style). Prophet Daniel and the Three Holy Youths Ananias, Azarias and Misael. Fast day" url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-12-30" language: "en" --- Wednesday # December 30, 2026 17 December (Old Style) · 31st week after Pentecost Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar) [Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-12-30) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2026-12-30) [Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-12) [← December 29](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-12-29) [December 31 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-12-31) ## Events of the day - Prophet Daniel and the Three Holy Youths Ananias, Azarias and Misael Commemoration ## Fasting Fast day · Nativity Fast Nativity Fast, Wednesday and Friday: xerophagy. - Meat: not allowed - Dairy & eggs: not allowed - Fish: not allowed - Oil: not allowed - Wine: not allowed - Xerophagy 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 James 1:1–18 - Gospel Mark 8:30–34 **Show the text** 30 He commanded them that they should tell no one about him. 31 He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 He spoke to them openly. Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. 33 But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men.” 34 He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, Julian calendar. Text: World English Bible. ## Saints and icons - Prayer of the day: [The Trisagion](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/trisagion)