December 25, 2020 - December 26, 2020 Fast Free Day The minimum fasting rule on this day, set by the bishops of the UGCC, is that we abstain from meat products.
December 25, 2020 - December 26, 2020 The Nativity in the Flesh of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ ? Christmas; Galatians 4:4-7; Matthew 2:1-12; Feast of our Lord. Great Vespers with Divine Liturgy of St. Basil is celebrated in the late afternoon or early evening on December 24. The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is celebrated in the morning on December 25. Holy Day of Obligation.
December 26, 2020 - December 27, 2020 Saturday after the Nativity of Christ; Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God; The Holy Priest-Martyr Euthymius, Bishop of Sardis (824); 1 Timothy 6:11-16; Hebrews 2:11-18; Matthew 12:15-21; Matthew 2:13-23; A day when the faithful are highly encouraged to participate in the Divine Liturgy. No fasting or abstention from foods.