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On relics and the “lost” feast of St. Stephen, Proto-martyr

December 26, 2021 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 1

We lost the feast of St. Stephen this year because it coincided with a Sunday within the Octave of Christmas, the feast of the Holy Family, December 26. As the Christmas carol informs us: “Good […]

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