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To: lightman

In the Orthodox Church, we celebrate St. Stephen 2 days after Christmas. In the Lutheran Church, it has been the day after.

Nevertheless, we commemorate numerous martyrs in the (fast-free) Nativity Season, including the infant martyrs of Bethlehem, as we shoud.


43 posted on 12/25/2020 6:38:57 PM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Honorary Serb
Nevertheless, we commemorate numerous martyrs in the (fast-free) Nativity Season, including the infant martyrs of Bethlehem, as we should.

Actually we began to remember the infant martyrs during the PreFeast; the Canon speaks of Herod "cutting them down like sheaves of ripenend wheat while sparing the Bread of Life".

44 posted on 12/25/2020 7:18:16 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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