Festival of the Navitity of our Lord Redeemer Jesus Christ
On this day is commemorated the festival of the birth of our Lord Redeemer Jesus Christ by Mary, the Holy Virgin.
From the Synaxarium
Meskerem 29 · October 09
3 commemorations
Translation of the body of St. John
On this day took place the translation of the body of Saint John the evangelist and apostle, the proclaimer of the Deity.
'Arsima and Agatha, and their companions
On this day became martyrs the holy virgin 'Arsima, and Agatha, and the two virgins who followed them, and many men; and the number of them all was two and seventy souls.
From the Synaxarium, the Book of the Saints of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, in the translation of Sir E. A. Wallis Budge (1928). Summarised — the full account is longer.
