December 16

December 16  Nativity Fast. Fish allowed 29th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — Tone 4. Sunday of the Forefathers. Prophet Haggai (Aggæus—50 B.C.). Martyr Marinus of Rome (3rd c.). Bl. Empress Theophano (Theophania—893-4). St Sophia (1542). SAINT HAGGAI The Holy Prophet Haggai was the tenth of the Twelve Minor Prophets. He was of the Tribe of Levi and he prophesied during the times of the Persian emperor Darius Hystaspis (prior to 500 B.C.). Upon the return