Saints
- Saint Lucian, abbot of Alexandrov, Kostroma (1655)
- Saint Arsenius, abbot of Konevits
- Martyr Athanasius of Thessalonica (1774)
- Russian new martyr Alexander Jacobson (1930)
- Martyrs Rufus and Rufianus
- Martyrs Severus and Artemidorus
- Saint Sophronios of Iberia, bishop
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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)
“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)
“Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron; to execute upon them the judgment written.”
—Bible: Hebrew Psalms 149:5-9.