Saints
- Hieromartyr Therapont of Sardis, Bishop, by beheading (259)
- Martyr Julius the Veteran, at Dorostolum in Moesia (297)
- Virgin-martyr Theodora, and Martyr Didymus the Soldier, of Alexandria (304)
- Martyr Eusebiotus, by fire.
- Martyr Alypius, by stoning.
- Martyr Juliana.
- Hieromartyr Helladius, Bishop (6th-7th c.)
- Saint Michael of Parekhi, Georgia (8th-9th c.)
- Saint Basil of Khakhuli, son of King Bagrat III (11th c.)
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