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St. Leo, bishop of Catania in Sicily (ca. 780). Abbot Macarius and 34 monks and novices of Valaam Monastery martyred by the Lutherans: hieromonk Titus, schemamonk Tikhon, monks Gelasius, Sergius, Varlaam, Sabbas, Conon, Sylvester, Cyprian, Pimen, John, Simonas, Jonah, David, Cornelius, Niphon, Athanasius, and Serapion, and novices Varlaam, Athanasius, Anthony, Luke, Leontius, Thomas, Dionysius, Philip, Ignatius, Basil, Pachomius, Basil, Theophilus, John, Theodore, and John (1578),
Hieromartyr Sadoc (Sadoth), bishop of Persia, and 128 Martyrs with him (342-344). St. Agatho, pope of Rome (682). St. Yaroslav the Wise, great prince of Kiev (1054). St. Agatho, wonderworker of the Kiev Caves (13th c.-14th c.). Martyrdom of St. Cornelius, abbot of the Pskov Caves Monastery, and his disciple St. Bassian of Murom (1570).
Hieromartyr Eleutherius, bishop in Byzantium (2nd c.). St. Eleutherius, bishop of Tournai (531). St. Eucherius, bishop of Orleans (ca. 740). St. Bessarion the Great, wonderworker of Egypt (466). St. Cindeus, bishop of Pisidia.
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 Hieromartyr Sadoc (Sadoth) the Bishop of PersiaThe Hieromartyr Sadoc, Bishop of Persia, and 128 Martyrs with him suffered in Persia under Sapor II. |
 St. Agathon the Pope of RomeSaint Agathon, Pope of Rome, was the son of pious Christian parents, who provided him an excellent education. |
 Venerable Agathon the Wonderworker of the Kiev CavesSaint Agathon of the Kiev Caves was a great ascetic, and he healed the sick by a laying his hands upon them. |
