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DEC 29: SATURDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS & COMMEMORATION OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS

Wednesday, May 28, 2014 EST by

The-Lament-of-Rachel-by-an-anonymous-iconographer  DEC 29: VESPERAL DIVINE LITURGY – 4:00 PM. This feast day is commemorated for the 14,000 Infants (the Holy Innocents) slain by Herod at Bethlehem. Since the early days of the Church, they have been honored as martyrs for Christ.

 

 

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