Saints
- Hieromartyr Simeon of Persia, bishop, and those with him: martyrs Abdechalas and Ananias, presbyters; Usthazancs, Fusicus (Pusicius), Ascitrea, and Azat the Eunuch
- Martyr Adrian of Corinth
- Saint Acacius of Melitene, bishop
- Saints Sabbarius and Zosimas of Solovki
- Pope Agapetus I of Rome
- Saint Macarios of Corinth
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Famous quotes containing the word saints:
“For all the saints who from their labors rest,
Who, to the world their steadfast faith confessed,
your name, O Jesus, be forever blessed
Alleluia!”
—William Walsham How (1823–1897)
“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God.”
—Bible: New Testament, Ephesians 2:19-22.
“The Saints come,
as human as a mouth,
with a bag of God in their backs,
like a hunchback,
they come,
they come marching in.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)