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32nd Week after Pentecost. Tone 6.
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Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомAfterfeast of the Theophany. Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомSt. George the Chozebite, abbot (7th c.). Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомSt. Domnica of Constantinople (ca. 474). Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомSt. Emilian the Confessor, bishop of Cyzicus (9th c.). Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомSt. Gregory, wonderworker of the Kiev Caves (1093). Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомSt. Gregory, hermit of the Kiev Caves (13th c.-14th c.). Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомNew Hieromartyr Priest Isidore and 72 companions at Yuriev (Dorpats) in Estonia, slain by the Latins in 1472 (1472).

Hieromartyr Carterius of Caesarea in Cappadocia (304). Martyr Julian and his wife Basilissa, and with them Martyrs Celsius, his mother Marcianilla, Anastasius, the priest Anthony, seven brothers, and twenty prison guards, of Antinoe in Egypt (283-305). Hieromartyr Theophilus, deacon, and Martyr Helladius, in Libya (4th c.). St. Elias the Wonderworker, of Egypt (4th c.). Martyr Abo the Perfumer, of Baghdad, at Tbilisi, Georgia (786). St. Paisius of Uglich (1504).

St. Severin, bishop of Cologne (ca. 397). St. Atticus, archbishop of Constantinople (425). St. Severinus, monk of Gottweig Monastery (Austria and Bavaria) (482). St. Theodore of Constantinople (ca. 595). Holy Virgin Gudula of Brussels (659). St. Erhard, bishop of Regensburg (Bavaria) (ca. 700) St. Cyrus, patriarch of Constantinople (714). St. Pega, hermitess, of Peakirk (ca. 719). St. Gregory of Ochrid, bishop of Moesia (1012). St. Macarius (Macres) of Vatopedi, Mt. Athos (1431). St. Agatho, monk, of Egypt (5th c.).

Repose of Elder Isaiah of Valaam (1914) and Mother Alexandra (Princess Ileana), foundress of the Monastery of the Transfiguration (Ellwood City, Penn.) (1991).

Articles

Venerable George the Chozebite, Abbot

Saint George the Chozebite was born on the island of Cyprus toward the end of the sixth century.

Venerable Domnica of Constantinople

Saint Domnica came from Carthage to Constantinople in the time of the holy Emperor Theodosius the Great. Here she was baptized by Patriarch Nectarius and entered a women’s monastery.

St. Emilian the Confessor, Bishop of Cyzicus

Saint Emilian was a zealous defender of the holy icons during the reign of Emperor Leo the Armenian.

Venerable Gregory the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves

Saint Gregory was tonsured at the Kiev Caves monastery in the time of Saint Theodosius.

Venerable Gregory the Recluse, of the Kiev Caves

Saint Gregory, Hermit of the Caves, lived during the fourteenth century.

Hieromartyr Isidore and 72 Others at Yuriev, Estonia

The priest Isidore bravely stood forth in defense of Orthodoxy, preferring to accept a martyr’s crown rather than submit to the Catholics.

St. Carterius of Caesarea in Cappadocia

Saint Carterius lived during the reign of Diocletian, and was a teacher in Caesarea of Cappadocia.

Martyr Julian and his wife Basilissa, and with them Martyrs Celsius, his mother Marcianilla, Anastasius, the priest Anthony, seven brothers, and twenty prison guards, of Antinoe in Egypt

The Holy Martyr Julian was born in the Egyptian city of Antinoe, and to satisfy his parents he entered into marriage with the noble and rich maiden, Basilissa.

Hieromartyr Theophilus, deacon, and Martyr Helladius, in Libya

Saint Theophilus the deacon suffered with Saint Helladius.

Venerable Elias the Hermit, of Egypt

Saint Elias the Egyptian became a monk and pursued asceticism for seventy-five years on a desolate mountain in a cave.

Martyr Abo the Perfumer, of Tibilisi, Georgia

A new emir was appointed to rule in Tbilisi, and when the Christians heard that he was plotting to capture Abo, they begged him to conceal his identity. But Abo simply rejoiced and told them, “I am prepared not only to be tortured for Christ, but to die for His sake as well.”

St. Paisius of Uglich

Saint Paisius of Uglich was igumen of the Protection monastery, near Uglich.

Venerable Gregory of Ochrid

Saint Gregory was a faithful teacher and shepherd of Christ’s flock.
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