St Basil Bread and Circumcision of our Lord - 01/01/18
It was on the eighth day after His Nativity that our Lord Jesus Christ was circumcised in accordance with the Old Testament Law. All male infants underwent circumcision as a sign of God’s Covenant with the holy Forefather Abraham and his descendants [Genesis 17:10-14, Leviticus 12:3].
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