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title: "December 22, 2032 (New Style) | Church calendar"
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Wednesday

# December 22, 2032

22 December (Revised Julian) · 27th week after Pentecost

New Calendar (Revised Julian)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2032-12-22) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2032-12-22)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2032-12)

[← December 21](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2032-12-21) [December 23 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2032-12-23)

## Events of the day

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- Forefeast: Nativity of our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ

## Fasting

Fast day · Nativity Fast

Nativity Fast (from 20 Dec Old Style), Monday, 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

  1 Timothy 5:22–6:11

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  22 Lay hands hastily on no one. Don’t be a participant in other people’s sins. Keep yourself pure.

  23 Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.

  24 Some men’s sins are evident, preceding them to judgment, and some also follow later.

  25 In the same way also there are good works that are obvious, and those that are otherwise can’t be hidden.

  1 Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed.

  2 Those who have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brothers, but rather let them serve them, because those who partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.

  3 If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and doesn’t consent to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,

  4 he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, insulting, evil suspicions,

  5 constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.

  6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

  7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can’t carry anything out.

  8 But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.

  9 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation, a snare, and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

  10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

  11 But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

- Gospel

  Mark 10:11–16

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  11 He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.

  12 If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery.”

  13 They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them.

  14 But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for God’s Kingdom belongs to such as these.

  15 Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive God’s Kingdom like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”

  16 He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, New Calendar (OCA practice). Text: World English Bible.

## Saints and icons

- Prayer of the day: [The Trisagion](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/trisagion)