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:
“Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron; to execute upon them the judgment written.”
—Bible: Hebrew Psalms 149:5-9.
“Is America a land of God where saints abide for ever? Where golden fields spread fair and broad, where flows the crystal river? Certainly not flush with saints, and a good thing, too, for the saints sent buzzing into man’s ken now are but poor- mouthed ecclesiastical film stars and cliché-shouting publicity agents.
Their little knowledge bringing them nearer to their ignorance,
Ignorance bringing them nearer to death,
But nearness to death no nearer to God.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)
“The countless words of saints and sages waken people from their dreams.”
—Chinese proverb.