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Ninth Day of Christmas Memorial of Saints Basil the Great (329-379)  and Gregory Nazianzen (329-390); bishops and friends, both from families of saints; both lived as hermits for a time, with Basil forming the model for monasticism in the East; they fought the heresy of Arianism, and suffered for it, but remained faithful Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/2/24 Gospel: John 1:19-28