Saints
- Saint Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium
- Virgin Anthusa of Constantinople
- Saint Athanasia of Aegina, abbess
- Martyrs Menas, David, and John of Palestine
- Saint Isaac of Monteluco, Bishop of Spoleto
- Hieromartyr Zeno of Verona, bishop
- Martyr Acacius of Kapsokalyvia Skete on Mount Athos
- Saint Basil of Ryazan, bishop
- Martyrs Demas, Prorion, and those with them
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