Today the Virgin gives birth to the Transcendent One, and the earth offers a cave to the Unapproachable One! Angels, with shepherds, glorify Him! The wise men journey with the star! Since for our sake the Eternal God is born as a little child (Kontakion).
Synaxis Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom
Their proclamation has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the universe! The heavens are telling the Glory of God, and the firmament proclaims His handiwork!