Saints
- Venerable George the Chozebite (7th century)
- Domnica of Constantinople (474)
- Saint Emilian of Cyzicus, bishop and confessor (9th century)
- Venerable Gregory, wonderworker of the Kiev Caves Monastery (1094)
- Saint Elias the Hermit of Egypt (4th century)
- Martyrs Julian, his wife Basilissa, his son Celsus, Marcionilla, Anthony, and Anastasius; at Antinoe in Egypt (313)
- Hieromartyr Carterius of Caesarea in Cappadocia (304)
- Martyrs Theophilus the Deacon and Helladius in Libya (3rd century)
- Saint Cyrus of Constantinople, Patriarch (714)
- Saint Atticus of Constantinople, Patriarch (425)
- Saint Agatho of Egypt, monk (4th century)
- Hieromartyr Isidore at Yuriev, slain by the Roman Catholics (1472)
- Prophet Shemaiah (10th century BC)
- Saint Gregory of Moesia in Bulgaria, bishop (1012)
- Martyr Abo of Tiflis (790)
- Saint Paisius of Uglich (1504)
- Another Saint Gregory, wonderworker of the Kiev Caves (14th century)
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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)