December 9 (old calendar) / December 22 (new)

December 9 (old calendar) / December 22 (new) Nativity Fast – fish allowed The Conception by Righteous Anna of the Most-holy Theotokos. Prophetess Anna (Hannah), mother of the Prophet Samuel (ca. 1100 B.C.). St. Sophronius, Archbishop of Cyprus (6th c.). St. Stephen the “New Light” of Constantinople (10th c.). Icon of the Most-holy Theotokos, “UNEXPECTED JOY”. Conception of the Most-holy Theotokos Saint Anna, the mother of the Virgin Mary, was