Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer

Commemorated on April 4

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Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer

Commemorated on April 4

Saint Joseph the Hymnographer, “the sweet-voiced nightingale of the Church,” was born in Sicily in 816 into a pious Christian family.

Icon of the Mother of God “the Unfading Bloom”

Commemorated on April 3

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Icon of the Mother of God “the Unfading Bloom”

Commemorated on April 3

On this icon the Most Holy Theotokos holds Her Divine Son upon Her right arm, and in Her left hand is a bouquet of white lilies.

Venerable Nicetas the Confessor the Abbot of Medikion

Commemorated on April 3

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Venerable Nicetas the Confessor the Abbot of Medikion

Commemorated on April 3

Saint Nicetas the Confessor was born in Bithynian Caesarea (northwest Asia Minor) of a pious family.

Venerable Titus the Wonderworker

Commemorated on April 2

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Venerable Titus the Wonderworker

Commemorated on April 2

Saint Titus the Wonderworker displayed zeal for the monastic life from his youth.

Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves

Commemorated on April 1

Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves
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Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves

Commemorated on April 1

He spent all his life at the monastery, in ascetic deeds of abstinence, obedience, and prayer.