Saints
- Venerable George the Chozebite (7th century)
- Domnica of Constantinople (474)
- Saint Emilian of Cyzicus, bishop and confessor (9th century)
- Venerable Gregory, wonderworker of the Kiev Caves Monastery (1094)
- Saint Elias the Hermit of Egypt (4th century)
- Martyrs Julian, his wife Basilissa, his son Celsus, Marcionilla, Anthony, and Anastasius; at Antinoe in Egypt (313)
- Hieromartyr Carterius of Caesarea in Cappadocia (304)
- Martyrs Theophilus the Deacon and Helladius in Libya (3rd century)
- Saint Cyrus of Constantinople, Patriarch (714)
- Saint Atticus of Constantinople, Patriarch (425)
- Saint Agatho of Egypt, monk (4th century)
- Hieromartyr Isidore at Yuriev, slain by the Roman Catholics (1472)
- Prophet Shemaiah (10th century BC)
- Saint Gregory of Moesia in Bulgaria, bishop (1012)
- Martyr Abo of Tiflis (790)
- Saint Paisius of Uglich (1504)
- Another Saint Gregory, wonderworker of the Kiev Caves (14th century)
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“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.
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