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Preparation: November 11-14

• • • November 11/12 –  St. Martin the Merciful, Bishop of Tours (†397) 

    • November 11/12 – Story#2: St. Martin and the Pine

    • November 13 –  St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople (†407)  

    • November 14 –  Holy Apostle Philip (†~80) 

🕯 Week 1: November 15-22

• November 16 –  Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew (†~68) 

• November 17 –  St. Gregory the Wonderworker, Bishop of Neocaesarea (†275) 

• November 21 –  Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos

🕯 Week 2: November 23-29

• November 24- St. Mercurius of Caesarea, in Cappadocia (†250)

• November 24/25- St. Katherine of Alexandria (†305) 

• November 25- St. Clement, Bishop of Rome (†100 AD) 

• [Thanksgiving] “Glory to God for All Things: An Akathist of Thanksgiving”

🕯 Week 3: November 30-Dec. 6

• November 30- Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called (†~60) 

• December 2- St. Porphyrios, Wonderworker of Kavsokaliva (†1991)

• December 4- St. Barbara the Great Martyr (†290)

• December 6- St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra (†345) 

🕯 Week 4: December 7-13

• December 7- St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (†397) 

• December 12- St. Spyridon the Wonderworker (†348) 

• December 13- St. Lucy of Syracuse (†304) 

🕯 Week 5: December 14-20

• December 18- St. Sebastian of Rome (†288)

• December 19- Sts. Boniface and his Holy Mistress Aglaia (†307)

• December 20- St. Ignatius the God-bearer, Bishop of Antioch (†107) 

🕯 Week 6: December 21-24

• December 21- St. Juliana of Nicomedia and those with her (†304)

• December 22- St. Anastasia the Widow (†290) 

• December 23- St. Paul, Bishop of Neocaesarea

🕯 Week 7: December 25

• December 25- The Nativity of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ