29th of December

The 29th of the month, Memory of the FOURTEEN THOUSAND HOLY CHILDREN slaughtered by Herod; our Venerable Father MARCELLUS, Abbot of the Monastery of the UNSLEEPING ONES (Akoimetoi), who died in peace; our Venerable Father THADDEUS the CONFESSOR, monk of the Stoudion; our Venerable Fathers MARK the GRAVEDIGGER, JOHN and THEOPHILUS of the KIEV CAVES; our Venerable Father LAURENCE of CHERNIGOV