Saints
- Venerable John Cassian the Roman, abbot of Monastery of St Victor, Marseille
- Venerable Gherman of Dobrogea
- Saint John, called Barsanuphius, of Nitria in Egypt
- Martyr Theocteristus, abbot of Pelecete Monastery near Prusa
- Saint Cassian, recluse of the Kiev Caves Monastery
- Saint Meletius, Bishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr
- Saint Leo of Cappadocia
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Famous quotes containing the word saints:
“It is an art apart. Saint Francis of Assisi said—”All saints can do miracles, but few of them can keep hotel.””
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ.”
—Bible: New Testament, Ephesians 4:11.
“Is America a land of God where saints abide for ever? Where golden fields spread fair and broad, where flows the crystal river? Certainly not flush with saints, and a good thing, too, for the saints sent buzzing into man’s ken now are but poor- mouthed ecclesiastical film stars and cliché-shouting publicity agents.
Their little knowledge bringing them nearer to their ignorance,
Ignorance bringing them nearer to death,
But nearness to death no nearer to God.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)