December 28 – First Sunday after Christmas

Coptic Icon of the Flight Into Egypt: Mary carries Jesus while riding on a Donkey, with Joseph walking beside and being led by an angel

You can join the service on YouTube.


The service will be live-streamed, beginning a bit before 10 am EDT; you’ll be able to watch live, or or re-watch the service at this link on YouTube at any time.

The order of service is available here.


You may want to have it handy while joining the stream. The order of service includes the readings and responses, and the words to the hymns, to make it easier to join in participating via the live stream. It also includes prayers you may wish to use during the reception of the Eucharist.

Sundays and Seasons offers this reflection on the readings that we’ll hear:
As we celebrate the Twelve Days of Christmas, our gospel today confronts us with the death of innocent children at the hands of Herod. The birth of Christ does not remove the power of evil from our world, but its light gives us hope as we walk with all the “holy innocents” of past generations and today who have suffered unjustly. In our gathering around word and meal, God continues to redeem us, lift us up, and carry us as in days of old.


Our cover image is a Coptic icon of the Flight into Egypt, written by iconographer Osama Moris.

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