Forefeast of the Theophany of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; St. Sylvester the Pope of Rome; Venerable Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov
1. The first day of the Forefeast of Theophany falls on January 2. Like the hymns for the Nativity, many of the Church’s hymns of this period are slightly modified versions of the hymns of…