Saints
- Martyr Maximus, under Decius (250)
- Martyr Isidore of Chios (251)
- Saints Alexander, Barbaras, and Acolythus (Acolouthus), martyred at the Church of St Irene (Holy Peace), near the sea in Constantinople
- Martyrs Aristotle and Leandros
- Hieromartyr Therapont, Bishop of Cyprus (3rd c.)
- Saint Boniface of Tarsus, martyr (307)
- Venerable Serapion the Sindonite, monk of Egypt (5th c.)
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