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Midnight Mass at Church of St. Wenceslaus in Mikulov, Czech Republic Midnight Mass at St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church, New York City. In many Western Christian traditions, Midnight Mass is the first liturgy of Christmastide that is celebrated on the night of Christmas Eve, traditionally beginning at midnight when Christmas Eve gives way to Christmas Day.
Calendar day Feast Service Old Testament Lesson(s) Epistle(s) Gospel(s) 11–17 December: Sunday of the Forefathers [60] Divine Liturgy: Colossians 3:4–11: Luke 14:16–24 18–24 December: Saturday before Christmas: Divine Liturgy: Galatians 3:8–12: Luke 13:18–29 18–24 December: Sunday before Christmas: Vespers: Genesis 14:14–20 ...
Share these religious Christmas blessings during your Christmas Eve and Christmas Day festivities. Find short Christmas prayers and reflections for families.
Domestically, the service is broadcast live on BBC Radio 4, and a recorded broadcast is made on Christmas Day on BBC Radio 3. [12] In the US, a 1954 service was put into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress in 2008. [ 16 ]
10. "Who can add to Christmas? The perfect motive is that God so loved the world. The perfect gift is that He gave His only Son. The only requirement is to believe in Him.
Christmas Eve is traditionally called Paramony (Greek: παραμονή, Slavonic: navechérie). Paramony is observed as a strict fast day, on which those faithful who are physically able to, refrain from food until the first star is observed in the evening or after the Vesperal Divine Liturgy, when a meal with wine and oil may be taken.
On this same day is the feast day of Saint Basil the Great, and so the service celebrated on that day is the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil. On 2 January begins the Forefeast of the Theophany. The Eve of the Theophany on 5 January is a day of strict fasting, on which the devout will not eat anything until the first star is seen at night.
The Prince of Wales, Prince Louis, Prince George, the Princess of Wales and Princess Charlotte following the Christmas Day morning church service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham ...