St Stephen, Protomartyr
Double of the 2nd Class · Red
Kept on December 26
The next eight years
Each date opens that day, with its hours.
Proper of the feast
Proper to the feast. As said on Saturday, December 26, 2026.
At I Vespers · Antiphon
And Stephen, full of faith and power, * did great wonders and miracles among the people.
Versicle at Vespers
℣.Stephen saw the heavens opened.
℟.He saw, and entered in: how blessed is the man unto whom heaven stood open!
At Lauds · Benedictus
And Stephen, full of faith and power, * did great wonders and miracles among the people.
Versicle at Lauds
℣.Devout men carried Stephen to his burial.
℟.And made great lamentation over him.
At II Vespers · Magnificat
Devout men * carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
Collect
Grant us, we beseech thee, O Lord, so to imitate what we honour: that we may learn to love our enemies; since we celebrate the birthday of him who knew how to pray even for his persecutors to our Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son. Who with thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth God, world without end.
℟.Amen.
The whole office: the hours of Saturday, December 26, 2026