We are now drawing near to the Nativity of Our Lord. 

On Tuesday, Dec. 23, at 6 PM, we will celebrate Vespers from the Eve of the Nativity, which meditates on prophecies fortelling the birth of Christ.

Onon Christmas Eve, Wednesday, Dec. 24, we will have the Christmas Vigil at 5 PM. The Divine Liturgy on Christmas Day will be at 9:30 AM. 

O cave, make ready, for the Ewe Lamb comes, bearing Christ in her womb!

O manger, receive Him Who by a word has released the dwellers of earth from lawlessness!

You shepherds, abiding in the fields, bear witness to the fearful wonder,

And you magi from Persia, offer to the King gold, myrrh, and frankincense,

for the Lord has appeared from a Virgin Mother!

And she, bending over Him as a handmaiden,

worshipped Him as He lay in her arms, saying to Him:

“How were You sown as seed in me?

How have You grown within me,

O my Deliverer and my God?”

—a hymn before Christmas