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December 31
30th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 5.
Nativity Fast.
Fish, wine and oil allowed.

Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомMartyr Sebastian, at Rome, and his companions: Martyrs Nicostratus, Zoe, Castorius, Tranquillinus, Marcellinus, Mark, Claudius, Symphorian, Victorinus, Tiburtius, and Castulus (287).

St. Modestus I, archbishop of Jerusalem (4th c.). St. Florus, bishop of Amisus (7th c.). St. Michael the Confessor, at Constantinople (845). St. Sebastian, founder of Sokhotsk Monastery (Yaroslavl) (1500). Glorification of Righteous Symeon, wonderworker of Verkhoturye (1694).

Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомNew Hieromartyrs Thaddeus (Uspensky), archbishop of Tver (1937), and Nicholas (Klementiev), archbishop of Great Ustiug (1937).

St. Gatianus, first bishop of Tours (3rd c.). Martyr Eubotius, at Cyzicus (318). St. Winebald, abbot of Heidenheim and bishop of Eichstatt (Germany) (761). St. Daniel the Hesychast, of Voronet (Romania) (ca. 1482).

Repose of Schemanun Nazaria, eldress, of Varatec Monastery (Romania) (1814), and Metropolitan Benjamin (Costachi) of Moldavia (1846). Slaying of Hieromonk Nestor of Zharki (Ivanovo) (1993).

Articles

Martyr Sebastian at Rome, and his companions

The Holy Martyr Sebastian was born in the city of Narbonum in Gaul (modern France), and he received his education at Mediolanum (now Milan). Under the co-reigning emperors Diocletian and Maximian (284-305) he occupied the position of head of the imperial guards.

Martyr Zoe at Rome

Saint Zoe is mentioned in the account of Saint Sebastian’s martyrdom. She was the wife of the jailer Nicostratus, and was unable to speak for six years.

St. Modestus the Archbishop of Jerusalem

Saint Modestus, Archbishop of Jerusalem, was born into a Christian family in Cappadocian Sebasteia (Asia Minor). From his youth he felt a strong attraction towards strict monastic life.

Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye

Saint Sebastian of Sokhota, Poshekhonye, founded a monastery in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord, located at the River Sokhota, 90 versts from the city of Romanov (now Tutaev) in the Yaroslav district.

Righteous Simeon the Wonderworker of Verkhoturye

Saint Simeon of Verkhoturye was a nobleman, but he concealed his origin and led the life of a beggar.

Saint Daniil the Hermit

In thee, oh, Father, the one created in the image of God was saved, for taking up the Cross, thou didst follow Christ and, by thy deeds didst teach us to overlook the flesh, for it is perishable, but to be attentive to the soul since it is immortal. Therefore, oh, pious Father Daniil, your spirit rejoices with the angels.
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