25 December 2024

Feast of the Nativity


Exult, Adam and Eve, do not hide any longer as you once did in Paradise; for seeing you naked, the Lord has come to clothe you in the first garment. Christ is manifested to renew all of creation. (Troparion from Vespers for 2nd January)

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