Saints
- Hieromartyr Dionysius of Athens, bishop, and with him martyrs Rusticus and Eleutherius (96)
- Saint John the Chozebite, Bishop of Palestine (6th century)
- Blessed Hesychius the Silent (6th century)
- Saint Dionysius of the Kiev Caves, recluse (15th century)
- Russian New martyr Agathangel, Metropolitan of Yaroslavl (1928)
- Martyr Theoctistus
- Martyr Theagenes
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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)
“Is America a land of God where saints abide for ever? Where golden fields spread fair and broad, where flows the crystal river? Certainly not flush with saints, and a good thing, too, for the saints sent buzzing into man’s ken now are but poor- mouthed ecclesiastical film stars and cliché-shouting publicity agents.
Their little knowledge bringing them nearer to their ignorance,
Ignorance bringing them nearer to death,
But nearness to death no nearer to God.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)
“All saints revile her, and all sober men
Ruled by the God Apollo’s golden mean—”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)