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Day Saints or Feasts Commemorated  
1

Apostle Ananias of the Seventy, First Bishop of Damascus

Martyr Domninos

Venerable Gregory the Domestikos of the Great Lavra on Mt. Athos 

Venerable John Koukouzelis of the Great Lavra on Mt. Athos

Protection of the Theotokos

Venerable Romanos the Melodos

Venerable Sabbas of Vishera

2

Blessed Andrew, Fool-for-Christ

Anna, Princess of Kashin

Hieromartyr Cyprian the Confessor

David and Constantine, Prince-Martyrs of Georgia

Neomartyr George

Virgin-Martyr Justina

Venerable Theophilos

3 Hieromartyr Dionysios the Areopagite, First Bishop and Patron Saint of Athens Martyrs Eleutherios and Roustikos
 
4

Martyrs Domnina and Her Daughters of Syria

Hieromartyr Hierotheos, Bishop of Athens

Apostle Krispos of the Seventy

Stephen (Stiljanovich) and Elizabeth

Uncovering of the Relics of Gurios, First Archbishop of Kazan
Varsanofii, Bishop of Tver

5

Martyr Charitina

Venerable Eudokimos of Vatopedi Monastery on Mt. Athos

John, Bishop of Euchaita

Uncovering of the Relics of the Wonderworker Peter, Aleksii, Jonah, Filip and Hermogen, Metropolitans of Moscow
6

Innocent, Metropolitan of Mosocw, Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to America

Venerable Kendeas

Venerable Neomartyr Makarios of St. Anne Skete on Mt. Athos

Apostle Thomas
 

7

Venerable John the Hermit and His Companions

Presbyter Julian

Hieromartyr Polychronios

Venerable Sergios of Nurma

Martyrs Sergios and Bacchos in Syria

8

Hieromartyr Artemon

Venerable Neomartyr Ignatios of Prodromou Skete on Mt. Athos

Martyr Ignatios of Bulgaria

Virgin-Martyr Pelagia of Antioch

Venerable Pelagia the Penitent

Venerable Philotheos, Patriarch of Constantinople

Martyr Taisia of Egypt

9

Righteous Forefather Abraham and His Nephew the Righteous Lot

Venerable Andronikos and Athanasia of Egypt

Dionysios, Bishop of Paris

Apostle Iakovos (James), Son of Alpheos

Venerable Poplia the Confessor of Antioch

Stephen the Younger, King of Serbia

10

Venerable Ambrose of Optina

Martyrs Eulampios and Eulampia at Nicomedia

Venerable Theophilos the Confessor of Bulgaria
 
11

Venerable Jonah

Nektarios, Arsakios, Philotheos and Sisinios, Patriarchs of Constantinople

Apostle Philip the Deacon, of the Seventy

Theophanes the Confessor

12 Cosmas the Hymnographer, Bishop of Maiuma Martyrs Provos, Tarachos and Andronikos at Tarsus
13

Martyr Benjamin the Deacon

Virgin Newomartyr Chrissa (Zlata) of Meglin in Bulgaria

Martyr Florentios of Thessalonica

Martyrs Karpos, Papylos, Agathodoros and Agathonike

14

Gregory, Bishop of Assos (Mytilene)

Ignatios the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Methymna

Venerable Kosmas and Nicholas

Martyrs Nazarios, Gervasios, Protasios and Kelsios of Milan

Venerable Nicholas Svyatosha, Prince of Chernigov and Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves

Venerable Paraskeva of Epivat

15

Venerable Euthymios the Younger of Mt. Athos

Hieromartyr Lucian of Antioch

Savvinos, Bishop of Catania

Venerable Varsos

16 Gall, Enlightener of Switzerland
 
Martyr Longinus the Centurion who Stood at the Cross of the Lord
17 Venerable Martyr Andrew of Crete Prophet Hosea
18

Neomartyr Gabriel of Egypt

Apostle Luke the Evangelist

Martyr Marinos the Elder at Anazarbos

Peter of Cetinje

Venerable Theodore and Symeon

19

Prophet Joel

Venerable John of Rila and Prochorios of Pchinja

Mnason, Bishop of Cyprus

Martyr Ouaros

20

Great Martyr Artemios at Antioch

Venerable Gerasimos the New Ascetic of Kephallenia

Venerable Matrona of Chios
21

Venerable Hilarion the Great

Venerable Christodoulos of Patmos

Neomartyr John of Monemvasia

Venerable Philotheos, Barnabas and Hilarion, Bishop of Meglin in Bulgaria

Hieromartyr Socrates

Martyr Theodota

Venerable Confessors Vissarion and Sophronios of Ciorara and Martyr Oprea of Salistie in Romania

22

Seven Youths ('Sleepers') Martyred in Ephesus

Averkios the Wonderworker, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Bishop of Hierapolis

Bishop Eulalios
23

Ignatios, Patriarch of Constantinople

Apostle James (Iakovos), Brother of the Lord

James of Borovichi, Wonderworker of Novgorod
24 Great Martyr Arethas (al-Haarith) and Those With Him in Arabia Martyr Sebastiane
25

Martyrs Chrisaphos and Chrysanthe

Martyrs Marcian and Martyrios the Notaries

Tabitha the Merciful, Raised from the Dead by the Apostle Peter

Translation of the Relics of Venerable John of Beverly

Translation of the Relics of Venerable Sabbas the Sanctified

26 Great Martyr Demetrios the Myrrhbearer and Wonderworker of Thessalonica Venerable Martyr Joasaph of Dionysiou Monastery on Mt. Athos
27

Kyriakos, Patriarch of Constantinople

Martyr Nestor of Thessalonica

Venerable Nestor the Chronicler of the Kiev Caves

Prokla, the Wife of Pontius Pilate

28

Neomartyrs Angeles, Manuel, George and Nicholas of Rethymnon

Arsenios of Srem, Archbishop of Serbia

Athanasios I, Patriarch of Constantinople

Commemoration of the Holy Protection of Our Most Holy Theotokos

Venerable Job of Pochaev

Great Martyr Paraskeva of Iconium

Venerable Stephen the Poet of Mar Sabbas Monastery in Palestine

Martyrs Terentios, Neonilla and Eunike

29

Venerable Abraham and His Niece Mary of Mesopotamia

Venerable Martyr Anastasia the Roman

Venerable Neo-Hieromartyr Athanasios the Younger of Sparta

Avraam, Bishop of Rostov

Venerable Martyr Timothy of Esphigmenou Monastery on Mt. Athos

30

Venerable Joseph and Kyriakos, Patriarchs of Constantinople

Apostles Kleopas and Artemas of the Seventy

Milutin, Serbian King

Therapon and John the Wonderworkers

Martyrs Zenobios, Bisop of Aegae, and His Sister Zenobia in Cilicia

31

Martyr Epimachos of Alexandria

Neomartyr Nicholas of Chios

Apostles Stachys, Apellos, Amplias, Urbanus, Aristoboulos and Narkissos of the Seventy

 

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