The 24th of the month, Memory of the Holy Great Martyr ARETHAS and his Companions; the Holy Martyr SEBASTIANA of HERACLEA, who was slain by the sword; the Venerable ARETHAS of the Lavra of the KIEV CAVES; our Venerable Father ZOSIMAS of ALEXANDROV
St. Sebastiana of Heracles
The 23rd of the month, Memory of the holy APOSTLE JAMES, the BROTHER of the LORD and first Bishop of JERUSALEM; our Holy Father Ignatius, Patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE; the Venerable MACARIUS the ROMAN who died in peace; the Venerable PETRONIUS, who died in peace; Commemoration of the Translation of the Relics of Saint JAMES of BOROVICHI, Wonderworker of NOVGOROD
St. James the brother of the Lord
The 22nd of the month, Memory of our Holy Father, the Equal-to-the-Apostles and Wonderworker ABERCIUS, Bishop of HIERAPOLIS; the Holy Martyrs ALEXANDER the Bishop, HERACLIUS, ANNA, ELIZABETH, THEODOTA, and GLYCERIA; the Venerable RUFUS, who died in peace; the Venerable LOT, who died in peace; our Venerable Fathers THEODORE and PAUL of ROSTOV
St. Abercius of Hierapolis
The 21st of this month, Memory of our Holy Father HILARION the GREAT; the Holy Martyrs GAIUS, DASIUS and ZOTICUS, who died by drowning; the Holy Hieromartyr SOCRATES; our Holy Father PHILOTHEUS, who led the ascetic life on the Holy Mountain of Athos; the Holy New Martyr JOHN of MONEMBRASIA, who was tortured to death at Larissa, in 1773; the Venerable HILARION of the Lavra of the KIEV CAVES; the Venerable HILARION of PSKOV; Saint HILARION, Bishop of MEGLIN; the Holy Confessors and New Martyrs BESSARION, SOPHRONIUS and OPREA of Romania; the Holy Priests and Confessors MOSES MACINIC of SIBIU and JOHN of GALES; our Holy Fathers THEOPHILUS and his Disciple JAMES, Founders of the Skate of the Mother of God at OMUTCH; the Holy Martyr URSULA and her Companions, who suffered at COLOGNE; Memory of our Venerable Father FINTAN of TAGHMON
The 20th of the month, Memory of the Holy, Great Martyr ARTEMIUS; our Holy Mother MATRONA of CHIOS, the Wonderworker; our Holy God-bearing Father GERASIMUS the NEW; Saint JONAH, Bishop of MANCHURIA
St. Jonah of Manchuria
The 19th of the month, Memory of the Holy Prophet JOEL; the Holy Martyr VARUS and of his Companions the SIX ASCETICS, who were slain by the sword, and also of the Venerable CLEOPATRA and her son JOHN; the Holy Hieromartyr SADOTH and of his ONE HUNDRED and TWENTY EIGHT Companions, who suffered with him; our Holy Father JOHN the Wonderworker, Founder of the Monastery of RILA in Bulgaria; the Holy Abbess FRIDESWIDE of OXFORD; the Holy Monk and Martyr NICOLAS of JERUSALEM
St. John of Rita
The 18th of the month, Memory of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist LUKE; the Holy Martyr MARINUS the Elder, who was slain by the sword; our Holy Father JULIAN SABAS; the Holy Hieromartyr MNASON, Bishop of TAMASSOS in Cyprus; our Venerable Fathers SYMEON and THEODORE, and of Saint EUPHROSYNE, Founders of the Monastery of the GREAT CAVE, in the Peloponnese; the Holy New Martyrs GABRIEL and KERMIDOLIS, who died for the fate in Egypt; Saint PETER of CETINJE, Metropolitan of MONTENEGRO
The 17th of the month, Memory of the Holy Prophet HOSEA; the Holy Monk and Martyr ANDREW of CRISIS; the Holy Unmercenaries COSMAS and DAMIAN, and their brothers: LEONTIUS, ANTHIMUS and EUPREPIUS; the Translation of the relics of the Holy and Just LAZARUS; our Venerable Father ANTONY of LEOKHNOV; Saint JOSEPH, Catholicos of GEORGIA
The 16th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyr LONGINUS the CENTURION; our Holy Father MALUS, who died in peace; the Venerable LONGINUS, the door-keeper of the Lavra of the KIEV CAVES; the Holy Martyr EUPRAXIA of PSKOV; Saint JAMES NETSETOV, missionary in Alask; our Venerable Father GALL
St. Longinus the Centurion
The 15h of the month, Memory of the Holy Hieromartyr LUCIAN, priest of the Church of ANTIOCH; our Holy Father SABINUS, Bishop in CYPRUS; our Holy Father BARSES the Confessor, Bishop of EDESSA, who died in peace; our Venerable Father EUTHYMIUS the NEW, who died in peace; Saint JOHN, Bishop of SUZDAL; Saint ATHANASIUS, Bishop of KOVROV, the Confessor
St Euthymius the New
The 14th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyrs MAZARIUS, GERVASE, PROTASIUS and CELSIUS; our holy Father COSMAS, Bishop of MAIUMA, the hymnographer; the Holy Martyr SILVANUS, who was slain by the sword; our Holy Mother PARASCEVA the Younger; Saint IGNATIUS AGALLIANOS, Metropolitan of MITHYMNA; Saint NICOLAS the PIOUS (Sviatosha), Prince of CHERNIGOV
St. Cosmas the Hymnographer
On the 11th of the month, if it be a Sunday, or on the first Sunday thereafter, we commemorate the Holy Fathers of the SEVENTH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL that met at Nicaea against the impious and ignorant men that refuse to honor the holy Icons and accuse of idolatry Holy Church who venerates them with faith
The 13th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyrs CARPUS, PAPYLUS; AGATHODORUS and AGATHONICA; the Holy Martyr FLORENTIUS; our Holy Father NICETAS the Confessor; the Holy Martyr BENJAMIN the deacon, who suffered for the faith in PERSIA; the Holy New Martyr CHRYSE, who was cut in pieces at Slatina in 1795; the Venerable BENJAMIN of the Lavra of the KIEV CAVES; the Holy Hieromartyr JAMES of HAMATURA; our Holy Father MELETIUS I (Pigas), Patriarch of ALEXANDRIA; Saint ANTONY, Bishop of CQONDIDI in Georgia
St. Nicetas the Confessor
The 12th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyrs PROBUS, TARACHUS and ANDRONICUS; the Holy Martyr DOMNINA; the Holy Virgin Martyr ANASTASIA, who was slain by the sword; the Holy Martyrs JUVENTINUS and MAXIMUS, who were slain by the sword; the GOOD THIEF; our Holy God-bearing Father TRHEOSEBIUS of ARSINOE in Cyprus; the Venerable Fathers AMPHILOCHIUS, TARASIUS and MACARIUS of GLUSHITSA; the Holy Hieromartyr JUVENAL of RYAZAN
The 11th of the month, Memory of the Holy Apostle PHILIP, one of the Seven Deacons; our Holy Father THEOPHANES the BRANDED (Graptos), Confessor, Hymnographer and Bishop of Nicaea, who died in peace; the two Holy Virgins and sisters according to the flesh ZENAIS and PHILONILLA; our Holy Fathers NECTARIUS, ARCADIUS and SISINUS, Patriarchs of CONSTANTINOPLE; our holy Father PHILOTHEUS KOKKINOS, Patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE; the Venerable JONAH the Wonderworker of Cyprus; SYNAXIS of the Venerable Startsi of the Monastery of Optina
Synaxis of the Fathers of Optina
The 10th of the month, Memory of the holy Martyrs EULAMPIUS and EULAMPIA; the Venerable Father BASSIAN, who died in peace; our Venerable Father THEOPHILUS the CONFESSOR; Saint PINTYNUS, Bishop of KNOSSOS in Crete; Saint AMPHILOCHIUS, Bishop of VLADIMIR; the Blessed Fool-for-Christ ANDREW of TOTMA; Memory of our Venerable Father AMBROSE of OPTINA; Saint INNOCENT, Bishop of PENZA
St. Ambrose of Optina
The 9th of the month, Memory of the Holy Apostle JAMES, the son of Alphaeus; our Holy Father ANDRONICUS and of his wife ATHANASIA; Saint PUBLIA, who confessed the faith and died in peace; Saint Peter the Soldier; the righteous Patriarch ABRAHAM and of his nephew LOT; the Holy New Martyr JOHN of PRUSA; Memory of Saint STEPHEN the BLIND, Prince of SERBIA; Saint DENIS, the first Bishop of PARIS, and of his companions RUSTICUS and ELEUTHERIUS
St. Denis, first Bishop of Paris
The 8th of the month, Memory of our Holy Mother PELAGIA, the repentant harlot; Saint PELAGIA, the VIRGIN; Saint THAÏS, the repentant harlot; the Holy Monk and New Martyr Saint IGNATIUS the NEW; the Venerable DOSITHEUS, Abbot of VERKNEOSTROV; the Venerable TRYPHON, Abbot of VYATKA; our Holy Father NICOLAS, Patriarch of ANTIOCH
Sts. Sergius and Bacchus
The 7th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyrs SERGIUS and BACCHUS; the Holy Martyrs JULIAN the priest, and CAESARIUS the deacon; the Holy Hieromartyr POLYCHRONIUS; our Father JOHN the HERMIT and of his Ninety-Eight Companions, who lived in ascesis on the island of Crete; our Venerable Father SERGIUS of NURMA
The Belief of Thomas
The 6th of the month, Memory of the Holy APOSTLE THOMAS; the Venerable KENDEAS the Wonderworker in Cyprus; the Holy New Martyr MACARIUS of KIOS
