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Святые мученики Кир и Иоанн Святитель Никита, епископ Новгородский
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Совершается служба на шестьHoly Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cyrus and John, and Martyrs Athanasia and her daughters Theoctista, Theodota, and Eudoxia, at Canopus in Egypt (311). Совершается служба со славословиемSt. Nicetas, recluse of the Kiev Caves, bishop of Novgorod (1108).

Martyrs Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion, and Papias, at Corinth (251). Martyr Tryphaenes, at Cyzicus (1st c.).

St. Marcella of Rome (410). St. Athanasius, bishop of Methone (ca. 880). New Monk-martyr Elias (Ardunis), of Mt. Athos and Kalamata (1686). St. Arsenius the New, of Paros (1877).

Repose of Eugene Poselyanin (Pogozhev), spiritual writer (1931), Elder Codratus of Karakallou, Mt. Athos (1940), and Hieroschemamonk Stephen (Ignatenko) of Kislovodsk (1973).

Articles

Translation of the relics of the Holy and Wonderworking Unmercenary Cyrus

The Transfer of the Relics of the Holy Martyrs, Unmercenaries and Wonderworkers, Cyrus and John from the city of Konopa, near Alexandria (where they suffered in the year 311) to the nearby village of Manuphin, took place in the year 412.

Wonderworker and Unmercenary Cyrus

Saint Cyrus was a noted physician in the city of Alexandria, where he had been born and raised.

Translation of the relics of the Holy and Wonderworking Unmercenary John

The Transfer of the Relics of the Holy Martyrs, Unmercenaries and Wonderworkers, Cyrus and John from the city of Konopa, near Alexandria (where they suffered in the year 311) to the nearby village of Manuphin, took place in the year 412.

Wonderworker and Unmercenary John

Saint John, a pious Christian soldier, lived in Edessa during the persecution by Diocletian. When the persecution started, he went to Jerusalem and there he heard about Saint Cyrus.

Martyr Athanasia and her daughters at Canopus in Egypt

The Christian woman Athanasia and her three young daughters were arrested because they were Christians.

Venerable Nikita of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves the Bishop of Novgorod

Saint Nikita, Bishop of Novgorod, in his youth entered the Kiev Caves monastery and soon wished to become a hermit.

Martyrs Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion, and Papias, at Corinth

The Holy Martyrs Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion, and Papias suffered at Corinth in 251, during a persecution under the emperor Decius (249-251).

Martyr Tryphaina at Cyzicus

The Holy Martyr Tryphaina came from the city of Cyzicus. She tried to convert the pagans to Christ, and was arrested for this.

St. Arsenius of Paros

Saint Arsenius was born on January 31, 1800 in Ioannina, Epirus of pious Orthodox parents. In holy Baptism he was given the name Athanasius.
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