Saints
- Saint Lydia of Thyatira (Lydia of Philippi), mentioned in Acts 16:14-15, (1st c.)
- Martyrs Thalelaeus the Unmercenary, at Anazarbus in Cilicia, and his companions Alexander and Asterius (284)
- Martyr Asclas of the Thebaid, Egypt (287)
- Sts. Zabulon and Susanna, of Cappadocia and Jerusalem (parents of St. Nina (Nino), enlightener of Georgia), (4th c.)
- Saint Mark the Hermit (Marcus Eremita) (5th c.)
- Saint Dodo, disciple of Saint David of Georgia (David Gareja monastery complex) (609)
- Holy Martyrs of Mamilla, Jerusalem (614)
- Saint Thalassius the Myrrh-gusher, of Libya (648)
- Saints John, Joseph and Nicetas, monks of Nea Moni on Chios (ca.1050)
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Famous quotes containing the word saints:
“How marvellous it all is! Built not by saints and angels, but the work of men’s hands; cemented with men’s honest blood and with a world of tears, welded by the best brains of centuries past; not without the taint and reproach incidental to all human work, but constructed on the whole with pure and splendid purpose. Human, and yet not wholly human—for the most heedless and the most cynical must see the finger of the Divine.”
—Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl Rosebery (1847–1929)
“The countless words of saints and sages waken people from their dreams.”
—Chinese proverb.
“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God.”
—Bible: New Testament, Ephesians 2:19-22.