The Ninth Day of the Month of December

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The Ninth Day of the Month of December

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The Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos
Prophetess Anna (Hannah), mother of the Prophet Samuel (1100 B.C.)
St. Stephen the "New Light" of Constantinople (9th cen.)
St. Sophronius, archbishop of Cyprus (6th cen.)
Martyr Sosithius
Martyr Narses of Persia
Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Unexpected Joy"
St. Budoc

Troparion of St. Anna Tone 4

Today the bonds of barrenness are loosed;/ for God listened to Joachim and Anna./ He promised them - although it was beyond hope -/ that they should bear a divine child./ From this child was born incarnate the Infinite God,/ Who told the Angel to cry to her:/ Rejoice, full of grace; the Lord is with thee.

Troparion of St. Budoc Tone 4

Thou wast miraculously preserved from the ocean's fury/ and being sustained by the hand of God,/ thou didst devote thyself to His service, O Hierarch Budoc./ Being showered with both temporal and spiritual honours both in Armagh and in Dol,/ thou didst labour to win souls for Christ,/ therefore, we implore thine aid,/ begging Christ our God that He will save our souls.

Kontakion of St. Anna Tone 4

Today creation celebrates Anna's conception which was effected by God./ For she conceived the Maiden who conceived the Word/ Who is beyond all words.

St. Anna, 2 Iconogram
The Conception of the Theotokos icon
Mother of God of Joy Unhoped For
The Icon, "Unexpected Joy"
Russian Icons
Prologue From Ochrid by St Nikolai Velimirovich
OCA - Lives of all saints commemorated on this day
OCA - Troparia and Kontakia
Mesyatseslov of Saints Lives (Russian)

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