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Forefeast of the Theophany. Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles St. Theoctistus, abbot of Cucomo Monastery in Sicily (800). Repose of St. Eustathius I, archbishop of Serbia (ca. 1285)
Martyrs Zosimas the Hermit and Athanasius the Commentarisius (prison warden), of Cilicia (3rd c.-4th c.) St. Aquila, deacon, of the Kiev Caves (14th c.) St. Symeon, metropolitan of Smolensk (1699).
New Hieromartyrs Alexander Skalsky, Stephan Ponomarev, and Philip Grigoriev, archpriests, of Kazakhstan (1933). New Hieromartyr Mark (Novoselov), bishop of Sergievsk (1938).
Martyr Djan Darada, the Ethiopian eunuch of Queen Candace (1st c.). St. Gregory of Langres (Gaul) (539-540). St. Evagrius (fellow-ascetic of St. Shio of Mgvime) (6th c.). St. Elias the Deacon, and others (Georgia) (6th c.). St. Euthymius the Younger, monk, of Thessalonica. Hieromartyr Euthymius, abbot, and twelve monk-martyrs of Vatopedi, Mt. Athos, martyred by the Latins (1275). New Monk-martyr Onuphrius Manassias of Gabrovo and Hilandar Monastery, Mt. Athos, on Chios (1818).
Articles
 Venerable Theoctistus, Abbot at Cucomo, in SicilySaint Theoctistus founded a monastery in the city of Cucomo on the island of Sicily, where he became igumen. |
 Martyrs Zosimus the Hermit and Athanasius the Commentarisius (Superintendent of Prisoners), Anchorites, of CiliciaThe Monk Martyr Zosimus came from Cilicia and was an inhabitant of the wilderness. |
 St. Aquila, Deacon, of the Kiev CavesSaint Aquila the Deacon of the Kiev Caves (14th Century), became famous as a great faster, having spent a long while as a hermit. |
 Ven. Euthymius and twelve other Monks, martyred at VatopediSaint Euthymius was drowned in the sea, and the monks were hanged. |
 Venerable Onuphrius of Hilandar (Mt. Athos) the NewmartyrThe New Martyr Onuphrius, in the world Matthew, was born in Bulgaria in Gabrovo in the Trnovo diocese. |