Honest Prayer
Todos los planes

Liturgical Season

The Nativity Fast (en inglés)

Forty days toward Bethlehem, November 15 to December 24

40 días · 4 min al día

Por ahora, los textos de estas oraciones están en inglés. Solo publicamos en español las oraciones cuya traducción podemos verificar en una fuente ortodoxa publicada o en la Reina-Valera 1909.

Forty short days of Scripture, teaching, and prayer for the Orthodox Nativity Fast, tracing the promises of God from the first word of hope in Eden, through the patriarchs, kings, and prophets, to the birth of Christ in Bethlehem, with the feasts that fall along the way.

The Nativity Fast (also called the Christmas Fast or the Fast of St Philip) runs from November 15 to December 24. The day-by-day dates in this plan follow the Revised Julian (New) Calendar; on the Julian (Old) Calendar the same days fall from November 28 to January 6, so simply begin on your parish's first day of the Fast. In most Orthodox churches the Fast means setting aside meat, eggs, and dairy; fish, wine, and oil are allowed on many days, and the details differ between jurisdictions and parishes. Please follow your parish calendar and ask your priest or spiritual father how to keep it. If you are unwell, pregnant, nursing, on medication, or have any history of disordered eating, speak with your doctor and your priest first. This plan is a devotional companion, not a substitute for the Church's services, pastoral care, or medical advice.

  1. Día 1: The Fast Begins — Genesis 3:15
  2. Día 2: The Son of David, the Son of Abraham — Matthew 1:1
  3. Día 3: A Blessing for All the Families of the Earth — Genesis 12:2-3
  4. Día 4: Jacob's Ladder — Genesis 28:12
  5. Día 5: The Sceptre of Judah — Genesis 49:10
  6. Día 6: The Bush That Was Not Consumed — Exodus 3:2
  7. Día 7: The Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple — Psalm 45:10 (44 LXX)
  8. Día 8: A Star Out of Jacob — Numbers 24:17
  9. Día 9: A Prophet Like Moses — Deuteronomy 18:15
  10. Día 10: A House for David — 2 Samuel 7:12-13
  11. Día 11: You Are My Son — Psalm 2:7-8
  12. Día 12: Before the Morning Star — Psalm 110:3 (109 LXX)
  13. Día 13: Ruth, a Foreigner in the Family — Ruth 4:17
  14. Día 14: The Virgin Will Conceive — Isaiah 7:14
  15. Día 15: A Great Light — Isaiah 9:2
  16. Día 16: We Have Found the Messiah — John 1:40-41
  17. Día 17: Wonderful Counsellor, Prince of Peace — Isaiah 9:6-7
  18. Día 18: A Shoot from the Stump of Jesse — Isaiah 11:1-2
  19. Día 19: He Will Come and Save Us — Isaiah 35:4-6
  20. Día 20: Comfort, Comfort My People — Isaiah 40:1-2
  21. Día 21: Beautiful Feet — Isaiah 52:7
  22. Día 22: Good News to the Poor — Luke 4:18-19
  23. Día 23: Wounded for Us — Isaiah 53:4-5
  24. Día 24: Rain upon a Fleece — Psalm 72:6-7 (71 LXX)
  25. Día 25: The Conception of the Mother of God — 1 Samuel 1:27
  26. Día 26: A New Covenant Written on the Heart — Jeremiah 31:31-33 (LXX 38:31-33)
  27. Día 27: A New Heart — Ezekiel 36:26
  28. Día 28: The Stone Cut Without Hands — Daniel 2:34-35
  29. Día 29: Bethlehem, Small Among the Clans — Micah 5:2
  30. Día 30: The Messenger Before Him — Malachi 3:1
  31. Día 31: The Sun of Righteousness — Malachi 4:2
  32. Día 32: He Appeared upon Earth — Baruch 3:35-37
  33. Día 33: In the Spirit and Power of Elijah — Luke 1:16-17
  34. Día 34: Do Not Be Afraid, Mary — Luke 1:30-33
  35. Día 35: Let It Be to Me — Luke 1:38
  36. Día 36: My Soul Magnifies the Lord — Luke 1:46-49
  37. Día 37: Joseph, Son of David — Matthew 1:20-21
  38. Día 38: The Road to Bethlehem — Luke 2:4-5
  39. Día 39: In the Fullness of Time — Galatians 4:4-5
  40. Día 40: The Word Became Flesh — John 1:14