9th Saint of Christmas

1/02/2023 10:15:00 AM

On the ninth day of Christmas, we celebrate a saint named ...St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory Nazianzen, two important 4th century Christians. The Father of Communal Monasticisms, St. Basil is the patron saint for hospital administrators and reformers and the region of Cappadocia in Turkey.

St. Gregory Nazianzen was acclaimed simply as “the Theologian.

Quotes from St. Gregory
“As a fish cannot swim without water, and as a bird cannot fly without air, so a Christian cannot advance a single step without Christ.”
“Grace is given not to them who speak [their faith]
but to those who live their faith.”
“God always was, and always is, and always will be."

How To Celebrate the 12 Days of Saints

Jan 2 | St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory Nazianzen
As founders of the monastic movement in the Eastern church, Basil and Gregory modelled simplicity of living.
Do that clean up you have been meaning to do. Pass on your unwanted clothes to charity. Throw out the rubbish that clutters your life.

Recap 9th Day (2nd Jan) St. Basil the Great, 8th Day (1st Jan) Mary, the Mother of Jesus, 7th Day (31st Dec): Pope Sylvester, 6th Day (30th Dec): St Egwin of Worcester, 5th Day (29th Dec): St Thomas Becket, 4th Day (28th Dec): The Feast of the Holy Innocent, 3rd Day (27th Dec): St John the Apostle, 2nd Day (26th Dec): St Stephen’s Dayand 1st Day (25th Dec): celebrating the Birth of Jesus.
 

   Christian 12 Days Notes:
  • The time before Christmas is Advent. The 12 Days after Christmas celebrate a feast day for a Saint and/or have different celebrations:
  • Twelfth Night (also known as Epiphany Eve) is a Christian festival on the last night of the Twelve Days of Christmas, marking the coming of the Epiphany. Different traditions mark the date of Twelfth Night as either 5 January or 6 January, depending on whether the counting begins on Christmas Day or 26 December.
  • The 12 days of Christmas is the period in Christian theology that marks the span between the birth of Christ and the coming of the Magi, the three wise men. It begins on December 25 (Christmas) and runs through January 6 (the Epiphany, sometimes also called Three Kings' Day).

    Source: Why Christmas and Christianity Today

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