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:
“If man were happy, he would be the more so, the less he was diverted, like the saints and God.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)
“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)
“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God.”
—Bible: New Testament, Ephesians 2:19-22.