Saints
- Apostle Hermes of Philippopolis (Hermas), of the Seventy Apostles (1st c.)
- Martyr Hermias of Comana (160)
- Martyr Magus (the Magician), who converted upon witnessing the martyrdom of Hermias (160)
- Martyr Philosophus at Alexandria (252)
- Martyrs Eusebios and Charalampos, in Nicomedia, by fire.
- Five Martyrs of Ashkelon, dragged to death.
- Saint Eustathius, Patriarch of Constantinople (1025)
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“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.
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“We know of no scripture which records the pure benignity of the gods on a New England winter night. Their praises have never been sung, only their wrath deprecated. The best scripture, after all, records but a meagre faith. Its saints live reserved and austere. Let a brave, devout man spend the year in the woods of Maine or Labrador, and see if the Hebrew Scriptures speak adequately to his condition and experience.”
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