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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Famous quotes containing the word saints:
“The Saints come,
as human as a mouth,
with a bag of God in their backs,
like a hunchback,
they come,
they come marching in.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“The countless words of saints and sages waken people from their dreams.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The saints with their beau-peers whole worlds outwear,
And things unseen do see, and things unheard do hear.”
—Giles Fletcher, The Younger (1585–1623)