Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishops, Teachers of the Faith, 379 and 389
Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Spiritual Guide, 1833
Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah, Bishop in South India, Evangelist, 1945

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Exciting Holiness
Wisdom 7.15-22a
Psalm 27.1-5, 10-12
2 Timothy 4.1-8
Matthew 5.13-19

Holy Communion
1 John 2.22-28
Psalm 98.1-4
John 1.19-28

Morning Prayer
Psalm 18.1-30
Isaiah 60.1-12
John 1.35-42

Evening Prayer
Psalms 45, 46
Ruth 1
Colossians 2.8-end

If the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 3 January:
Evening Prayer on the Eve of the Epiphany
Psalms 96, 97
Isaiah 49.1-13
John 4.7-26

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Isaiah 66.6-14
Matthew 12.46-50

If the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 3 January at Evening Prayer the readings for the Eve of the Epiphany are used. At other services, the following readings are used
Isaiah 12
2 Corinthians 2.12-end

Collect

Lord God,whose servants Basil and Gregory
proclaimed the mystery of your Word made flesh,
to build up your Church in wisdom and strength:
grant that we may rejoice in his presence among us,
and so be brought with them to know the power
of your unending love;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of truth,
whose Wisdom set her table
and invited us to eat the bread and drink the wine
of the kingdom:
help us to lay aside all foolishness
and to live and walk in the way of insight,
that we may come with Basil and Gregory to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Christmas 2

Almighty God,
in the birth of your Son
you have poured on us the new light of your incarnate Word,
and shown us the fullness of your love:
help us to walk in his light and dwell in his love
that we may know the fullness of his joy;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

If the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 3 January:

Collect on the Eve of Epiphany

O God,
who by the leading of a star
manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth:
mercifully grant that we,
who know you now by faith,
may at last behold your glory face to face;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.