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Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомAfterfeast of the Meeting of Our Lord. Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомSt. Parthenius, bishop of Lampsacus on the Hellespont (4th c.). Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомSt. Luke of Mt. Steirion (ca. 946).

The 1,003 Martyrs of Nicomedia (303). St. Euthymius, monk of Glinsk Hermitage (1866). St. Boniface, abbot, of Feofania (Kiev) (1871).

New Hieromartyr Barlaam (Ryashentsev), archbishop of Perm (1942).

Hieromartyr Augulius, bishop of Augusta (ca. 305). Six Martyrs of Phrygia (ca. 305). St. Mastridia of Jerusalem, woman ascetic of the desert (ca. 580). New Martyr George of Alikianes on Crete (1867). St. Aprionus, bishop of Cyprus.

Repose of Archimandrite Gennadius, ascetic of the Roslavl Forests (1826), and commemoration of his disciple Abramius, desert-dweller of Whitehoof Convent (1868), and the latter’s spiritual daughter Abbess Alexandra (1883); and repose of Archimandrite Cyril (Pavlov) of St. Sergius Lavra (2017).

Articles

St. Parthenius of Lampsacus

The saint was known throughout the region as a great healer of both physical and spiritual ailments, particularly for those possessed by demons. One of his early biographers says, "So great was his mercy, so great the people's love for him, that none in that region even knew what a physician was."

St. Parthenius the Bishop of Lampsacus on the Hellespont

Saint Parthenius, Bishop of Lampsacus, was a native of the city of Melitoupolis (in northwestern Asia Minor), where his father Christopher served as deacon.

Venerable Luke of Hellas

Saint Luke of Hellas was a native of the Greek village of Kastorion. The son of poor farmers, the saint from childhood had toiled much, working in the fields and shepherding the sheep.

1,003 Martyrs of Nicomedia

After the martyric death of their masters, the servants decided to follow their example, and they also confessed themselves Christians before Diocletian.
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