## [Commemoration of the Holy Righteous David the King, Joseph the Betrothed, and James the Brother of the Lord - 28 December](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/12/28/86-commemoration-of-the-holy-righteous-david-the-king-joseph-the-be)
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🎶troparion🎶
O Joseph, proclaim the wonders to David, the ancestor of God:
you have seen a Virgin great with child; you gave glory with the shepherds;
you worshipped with the Magi;
you received an answer from the Angel.
Beseech Christ God to save our souls.
🎶kontakion🎶
Today the godly David is filled with gladness
and Joseph offers praise with James.
Having received the crown of their kinship with Christ, they rejoice,
praising in song Him Who is inexpressibly born on earth,
crying out: “O Compassionate One, save those who honor You!”
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