Saints
- Saint Theodota, mother of the holy Unmercenaries Saints Cosmas and Damian (3rd c.)
- Martyr Sergius, by the sword, at Caesarea in Cappadocia (301)
- Martyr Theopistus (Theopistos), by stoning.
- Hieromartyr Theogenes, Bishop of Parium on the Hellespont (ca.320)
- Saint Sylvester, Pope of Rome (335)
- Martyr Basil of Ancyra, under Julian the Apostate (362)
- Hieromartyr Isidore, Bishop of Syrian Antioch, by the Arians (4th c.)
- Venerable Theopemtus, Monk.
- Venerable Mark the deaf-mute.
- Venerable Ammon of Tabennisi, monk (5th c.)
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Famous quotes containing the word saints:
“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.
“If man were happy, he would be the more so, the less he was diverted, like the saints and God.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)
“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.