Saints
- Holy Prophet Malachi (ca.400 BC)
- Martyr Peter, in Avlona of Samaria, Palestine (311)
- Martyr Gordius, at Caesarea in Cappadocia, centurion, by the sword (ca.314)
- Venerable Meliton of Beirut (537)
- Venerable Peter of Atroa (Peter the Standard-Bearer) (837)
- Venerable Acacius the Wonderworker, of Mount Latros (Latmos), at the Megisti Lavra of the Theotokos of Myrsinon (ca.10th c.)
- Saint Thomais of Lesbos (10th c.)
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Who, to the world their steadfast faith confessed,
your name, O Jesus, be forever blessed
Alleluia!”
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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)