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Friday of the 30th week after Pentecost
Circumcision of Our LordSt Basil the GreatSt Gregory, Bishop of Nazianzus (374), father of St Gregory the TheologianSt Emilia (375), mother of Sts Macrina, Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa, Peter of Sebaste, and Theosevia
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Saturday of the 30th week after Pentecost
Repose of St Seraphim of SarovSt Sylvester, Pope of Rome (335)Venerable Juliana of Lazarevskoye (1604)Holy New Martyr George the Georgian (1770)
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Forefeast of the Holy Theophany
Prophet MalachiHoly Martyr Gordius of Caesarea (4th c.)Our Holy Mother Genevieve of Paris (ca. 502)
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Forefeast of the Holy Theophany
Synaxis of Seventy ApostlesThe Ethiopian Eunuch of Queen CandaceVenerable Apollinaria (5th c.)
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Forefeast of the Holy Theophany
Holy Martyrs Theopemptus and Theonas (ca. 290)Our Venerable Mother Syncletike (4th c.)
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Wednesday of the 31st week after Pentecost
Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
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Afterfeast of the Holy Theophany
Synaxis of St John the BaptistNew Martyr Athanasius of Attalia (1700)Our Venerable Father Cedd, Bishop of Essex and Abbot of Lastingham (664)
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Afterfeast of the Holy Theophany
Our Venerable Mother Domnica (Domnina) (ca. 474)Sunday after TheophanySaint Severinus (482)
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Afterfeast of the Holy Theophany
Martyr Polyeuctus of Melitene in ArmeniaSaint Peter II, Bishop of Sebaste (4th c.)Venerable Eustratius the Wonderworker (9th c.)Saint Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow (1569)
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Afterfeast of the Holy Theophany
St Gregory of NyssaOur Holy Father Theophan the Recluse (1894)
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Monday of the 32nd week after Pentecost
Ven. Theodosius the GreatThe Venerable Vitalis (5th c.)Venerable Michael of Klops, Fool for Christ (1456)
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Tuesday of the 32nd week after Pentecost
Holy Martyr Tatiana (ca. 230)Venerable Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth (689-690)
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Afterfeast of the Holy Theophany
Martyrs Hermylus and StratonicusOur Holy Father Maximos Kavsokalybites (the Hut-burner) (1365)Our Holy Father Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers (369)
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Thursday of the 32nd week after Pentecost
St Nino of GeorgiaOur Holy Father Sava (Sabbas), Enlightener and first Archbishop of Serbia (1236)The Holy Fathers slain at Sinai and Raithu (4th – 5th c.)
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Friday of the 32nd week after Pentecost
Ven. Paul of Thebes and John CalabytesVen. Paul of Thebes and John CalabytesSaint Ita of Kileedy, Ireland (570)
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Saturday of the 32nd week after Pentecost
Veneration of Chains of Apostle Peter
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Sunday of Zacchaeus
Ven. Godbearing Anthony the GreatPious Emperor Theodosius the Great (395)Our Holy Father Makarios (Kalogeras) of Patmos (1737)
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Athanasius the Great and Cyril, Archbishops of Alexandria
Ss Athanasius the Great and Cyril of Alexandria
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Mark Eugenicus, Metropolitan of Ephesus, Pillar of Orthodoxy
Ven. Macarius the GreatOur Holy Father Mark Eugenikos, Metropolitan of Ephesus and Confessor of the Orthodox Faith (1443)
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Euthymius the Great
Ven. Euthymius the GreatHoly Martyrs Inna, Pinna and Rimma (Nirra) (1st – 2nd c.)Saint Peter the Tax Collector (6th c.)
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Agnes of Rome
Ven. Maximus the ConfessorHoly Martyr Agnes of Rome (ca. 304)Our Holy Father Maximos the Greek (1556)
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Anastasius the Persian
Apostle Timothy of the SeventyHoly Martyr Anastasius of Persia (628)
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Clement, Bishop of Ancyra
Hieromartyr Clement and Martyr Agathangel
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Beginning of the Lenten Triodion
Our Holy Mother Xenia of Petersburg, fool for Christ (ca. 1800)Ven. Xenia of RomeOur Holy Father Macedonian (ca. 430)
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Synaxis of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of the Church of Russia
St Gregory the Theologian
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Xenophon, his wife Mary, and their sons Arcadius and John, of Constantinople
Ven. Xenophon and MarySt Ammonas of Egypt, disciple of St Anthony the Great (350)Our Holy Mother Paula of Rome (404)
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John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, Translation of the Relics of
Transl. Relics of St John Chrysostom
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Ephraim the Syrian
Ven. Ephrem the SyrianOur Holy Father Isaac the Syrian, bishop of Nineveh (7th c.)
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Ignatius the God-bearer, of Antioch, Translation of the Relics of
Trans. Rel. Ignatius the GodbearerSt Andrei Rublev, iconographer (1430)Our Holy Father Aphrahat the Persian (4th c.)Repose of Blessed Father Dimitrios Gagastathis (1975)
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Synaxis of the Three Great Hierarchs and Ecumenical Teachers: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom
Synaxis 3 Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, John ChrysostomSaint Peter, King of Bulgaria (970)
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Sunday of the Prodigal Son
Unmercenaries Cyrus and JohnVenerable Nicetas, hermit of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod (1108)Marcella of Rome (410)