The Circumcision of the Lord
Feast · lord
- 1 January (Roman Catholic Church)
- 1 January (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Tobi 6 (Coptic Orthodox Church)
The eighth day of the Nativity. In the East it is a Great Feast outside the Twelve and shares its day with Basil the Great; in Rome the first of January is the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.
After The Typikon, ch. 48, the Menaion — 1 January, «Є҆́же по пло́ти ѡ҆брѣ́занїе гдⷭ҇а бг҃а и҆ сп҃са на́шегѡ і҆и҃са хрⷭ҇та̀», p. 363.
Commemorating
- Jesus commemorates
- Circumcision of Jesus commemorates
Where this is recorded
- Roman Catholic Church — the day, after Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar
- Eastern Orthodox Church — the day, after The Typikon, ch. 48, the Menaion — 1 January, «Є҆́же по пло́ти ѡ҆брѣ́занїе гдⷭ҇а бг҃а и҆ сп҃са на́шегѡ і҆и҃са хрⷭ҇та̀», p. 363
- Coptic Orthodox Church — the day, after Le Synaxaire arabe jacobite (rédaction copte), PO XI.5, p. 542 — 6 Toubeh (1er janvier); the rank, after Kalendarium manuale utriusque ecclesiae orientalis et occidentalis (vol. II), II p. 693, «Festa minora similiter septem sunt» — Circumcisionis, primi miraculi, Ingressus in templum, Coenae, Dominica Thomae, Ingressus in Aegyptum, Transfigurationis