Saints
- St. Moses the Black of Skete, monk (405)
- Synaxis of the Saints of the Kiev Caves Lavra, whose relics lie in the Far Cave of St. Theodosius
- Righteous Anna the Prophetess (1st century)
- Righteous Hezekiah, king of Judah (ca 690 B.C.)
- St. Praulius, archbishop of Jerusalem (422)
- Martyr Queen Shushanik (Susanna) of Georgia (475)
- St. Amphilochius, bishop of Vladimir, Volhynia (1122)
- St. Theodore (in monasticism Theodosius) of the Kiev Caves, prince of Ostrog (1483)
- St. Sabbas, abbot of Krypetsky Monastery (Pskov) (1495)
- New-Martyrs Archimandrite Sergius and other monks of Zilantov Monastery (1918)
- New Hieromartyr Chrysostomos, metropolitan of Smyrna (1922)
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Famous quotes containing the word saints:
“O cunning enemy, that to catch a saint,
With saints doth bait thy hook! Most dangerous
Is that temptation that doth goad us on
To sin in loving virtue.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“All saints revile her, and all sober men
Ruled by the God Apollo’s golden mean—”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)
“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.