Saints
- Prophet Jeremiah (6th-7th c. b.c.)
- Saint Philosophos at Alexandria (252)
- Martyr Batas of Nisibis (Bata the Persian) (ca. 364)
- Saint Isidora the Fool-for-Christ, of Tabennisi, Egypt (ca. 365)
- New Monk-martyr Romanus of Raqqa (780)
- St. Michael, ascetic of Chalcedon (8th-9th c.)
- Saint Symeon of Syracuse (or of Mount Sinai or Trier) (1035)
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Alleluia!”
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