Saints
- Martyr Mamas of Caesarea in Cappadocia with his parents, martyrs Theodotus and Rufina (275)
- Saint John the Faster, Patriarch of Constantinople (595)
- 3,618 martyrs of Nicomedia (3rd and 4th centuries)
- Venerable Anthony and Theodosius, Founders of Monasticism in Rus' of the Kiev Caves
- Martyrs Diomedes, Julian the martyr, Philip the martyr, Eutykhian, Hesychios the martyr, Leonides the martyr, Eutychios the martyr, Philadelphos, Melanippos, Parthagapa and Theodore the martyr (see Saint Diomedes).
- Righteous Eleazar, son of Aaron
- Righteous Phinehas, son of Eleazar, grandson of Aaron
- Martyrs Aeithalas and Ammon of Thrace
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