The Circumcision of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Since the Mosaic Law commands that if a woman give birth to a male child, he should be circumcised in the foreskin of his flesh on the eighth day (Lev. 12:2–3), on this, the eighth day from His Nativity, our Saviour accepted the circumcision commanded by the Law. According to the command of the Angel, He received the Name which is above every name: Jesus, which means “Saviour” (Matt. 1:21; Luke 1:31 and 2:21).
The above account is taken from the Great Horologion,
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