Saints
- Saint Macrina the Elder, grandmother of St. Basil the Great (340)
- Saint Emmelia of Caesarea, mother of Saint Basil the Great (375)
- Venerable Isaac the Confessor, founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople (383)
- Martyrs Aphrodisius, Agapius, Eusebios, Charalampos and Christina, in Nicomedia, by fire (65)
- Martyrs Romanos and Teletios, in Nicomedia, by the sword.
- Martyr Euplius (Efplos).
- Martyr Natalios, by the sword.
- Martyr Barlaam of Caesarea in Cappadocia.
- Hieromartyr Eutyches.
- Saint Cyprian of Antioch, reposed in peace.
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Famous quotes containing the word saints:
“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.
“The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ.”
—Bible: New Testament, Ephesians 4:11.
“O cunning enemy, that to catch a saint,
With saints doth bait thy hook! Most dangerous
Is that temptation that doth goad us on
To sin in loving virtue.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)