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Nativity at Night
The Nativity at Night or Night Nativity is an Early Netherlandish painting of about 1490 by Geertgen tot Sint Jans in the National Gallery, London (NG 4081). It is a panel painting in oil on oak, measuring 34 × 25.3 cm., though it has been cut down in size on all four sides. The painting shows the Nativity of Jesus, attended by angels, and with the Annunciation to the shepherds on the hillside behind seen through the window in the centre of the painting.
September 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Sep. 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church Calendar - Sep. 13
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on September 25 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For September 12th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 30.
Feasts.
- Apodosis of the Nativity of the Theotokos.
Saints.
- Saint Coronatus, Bishop of Nicomedia, at Iconium (249-259)
- Martyr Theodore of Alexandria.
- Martyr Oceanus.
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