The 9th of the month, Synaxis of the Righteous Ancestors of God JOACHIM and ANNA; Memory of the Great Martyr SEVERIAN of SEBASTE; THE TWO HUNDRED GOD-BEARING FATHERS, gathered at Ephesus in 431 for the THIRD HOLY ECUMENICAL COUNCIL that anathematized the impious Nestorius; our Holy Father JOSEPH of VOLOKOLAMSK
