Saints
- Holy Prophet Zachariah and Righteous Elizabeth parents of Saint John the Baptist and Forerunner
- Martyrdom of the holy passion-bearer Gleb (1015)
- Martyrs Urban, Theodore, Medimus and 77 others at Nicomedia (370)
- Martyr Obadiah, Bishop of Persia (5th century)
- Martyr Sarbelus of Edessa
- Virgin-martyr Rhais of Alexandria (308)
- Martyrs Juventinus and Maximus, soldiers at Antioch (361, 363)
- Martyr Athanasius, Abbot, of Brest (1648)
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Famous quotes containing the word saints:
“The saints with their beau-peers whole worlds outwear,
And things unseen do see, and things unheard do hear.”
—Giles Fletcher, The Younger (1585–1623)
“The countless words of saints and sages waken people from their dreams.”
—Chinese proverb.
“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.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)