Saints
- Martyr Aquilina of Byblos in Syria (293)
- Saint Triphyllius, Bishop of Leucosia (Nicosia) in Cyprus (370)
- Martyr Antonina of Nicaea (4th century)
- Saint Anna and her son Saint John of Constantinople (826)
- Saint Antipater of Bostra in Arabia, bishop (5th century)
- Saint Andronicus, disciple of Saint Sergius of Radonezh (1395)
- Saint Sabbas of Moscow, abbot (15th century)
- Saint James, monk
- Patriarch Eulogius I of Alexandria (607)
- Martyr Diodorus of Emesus, who was crucified
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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.
“O cunning enemy, that to catch a saint,
With saints doth bait thy hook! Most dangerous
Is that temptation that doth goad us on
To sin in loving virtue.”
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“It is an art apart. Saint Francis of Assisi said—”All saints can do miracles, but few of them can keep hotel.””
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