Saints
- Martyrs Timothy the Reader and his wife Maura of Antinopolis in Egypt (304)
- Martyrs Diodoros and Rodopianos, at Aphrodisia in Anatolia (285-305)
- Holy 27 Martyrs who died by fire.
- Great-martyr Xenia of Peloponnesus, Wonderworker (318)
- Saint Mamai the Katholikos of Georgia (744)
- Saint Michael of Ulompo, Georgia (9th c.)
- Saint Arsenius of Georgia (9th c.)
- Saint Peter the Wonderworker, Bishop of Argolis (925)
- Saint Ecumenius of Trikala, the Wonderworker (10th c.)
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“It is an art apart. Saint Francis of Assisi said—”All saints can do miracles, but few of them can keep hotel.””
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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.