On the 6th of the month, we keep the Memory of our Holy Father BUCOLUS, Bishop of SMYRNA; the Holy Martyr JULIAN of EMESA; the Holy Martyr FAUSTA and her Companions EVILASIUS and MAXIMUS; the Holy Martyrs DOROTHEA and THEOPHILUS; our Holy Father PHOTIUS the CONFESSOR, Patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE; our Venerable Father JAMES the ASCETIC of Syria; our Holy Godbearing Fathers BARSANUPHIUS the GREAT and JOHN the PROPHET, who shone by their ascesis and their teaching at the Monastery of Abba Serious at GAZA; Saint VEDAST (Vast), Bishop of ARRAS; Saint AMANDUS, Bishop of MAASTRICHT; our Venerable Fathers SABAS of Sicily, his father CHRISTOPHER and his brother MACARIUS; our Venerable Father ARSENIUS of IQALTHO
Sts. Barsanuphius and John