26 December. St Stephen, First Martyr
1st Reading: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59 Stephen is stoned outside the city, for preaching about Jesus Stephen, filled with grace and power, was working great wonders and signs among the people. Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen, Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and people from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and debated with Stephen, but they…