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St. Gregory of Nazianzus

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St. Gregory of Nazianzus,  B. C. D.  d

St. Pachomius

St. Beatus of Lungern

St. Beatus of Vendome

St. Brynoth

St. George Preca

St. Gerontius of Cervia

St. Gorfor

St. Hermas

St. John of Chalons

St. Pachomius

Bl. Theresa of Jesus Gerhardinger

Bl. Thomas Pickering

St. Vincent

Orthodox – OCA:

New Martyrs and Confessors of Butovo

Prophet Isaiah

Martyr Christopher of Lycia, and, with him,

        the Martyrs Callinika and Aquilina

Translation of the relics of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker

        from Myra to Bari

Repose of Venerable Shio the Anchorite of Georgia

Venerable Joseph of Optina

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The Apparition of St. Michael the Archangel

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The Apparition of St. Michael the Archangel, gd

St. Peter of Tarantaise

St. Abran

St. Acacius

St. Desideratus

St. Dionysius

St. Helladius of Auxerre

St. Indract

St. Maria Magdalen of Canossa

Bl. Miriam Teresa Demjanovich

St. Odrian

St. Victor the Moor

St. Victor Maurus

St. Wiro

Orthodox – OCA:

Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian

Venerable Arsenius the Great

Venerable Arsenius the Lover-of-Labor of the Kiev Far Caves

Venerable Pimen the Ascetic of the Kiev Far Caves

Secular:

Harry S Truman, 33rd POTUS

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St. Stanislas

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St. John of Beverley, B. C.  d.

St. Stanislas,  B.  M.  d 

St. Rose Venerini

St. Domitian of Huy

St. Flavius

St. Juvenal of Benevento

St. Liudhard

Bl. Michael Ulumbijski

St. Peter of Pavia

St. Placid

St. Quadratus

St. Serenidus & Serenus

St. Villanus

Orthodox – OCA:

Commemoration of the Apparition of the Sign of the

        Precious Cross Over Jerusalem, in 351 AD

Repose of Saint Alexis Toth, Confessor and Defender of Orthodoxy in America

Martyr Acacius the Centurion at Byzantium

Repose of Venerable Nilus, Abbot of Sora

Saint John Zedazeni of Zaden, Georgia, with his 12 disciples

Venerable Nilus the Myrrhgusher of Lavra of Mount Athos

Monastic Martyr Pachomius of Mount Athos

Icon of the Mother of God of Zhirovits

Icon of the Mother of God of Lubech

Saint Akaki Asistavi of Georgia

Martyr Quadratus and his companions

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St. John before the Latin Gate

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St. John before the Latin Gate.  gd

St. Dominic Savio

Bl. Anna Rosa Gattorno

Bl. Anthony Middleton

St. Benedicta

St. Eadbert

Bl. Edward Jones

St. Evodius

Bl. Francis de Laval

St. Heliodorus

St. Heliodorus

St. Lucius of Cyrene

St. Petronax

St. Theodotus

Orthodox – OCA:

Midfeast of Pentecost

Righteous Job the Long-Suffering

Venerable Micah, disciple of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh

Martyr Barbarus the Soldier, and those with him, in Morea

Martyr Barbarus in Thessaly, who was a robber

Translation of the relics of Saint Savva, first Archbishop of Serbia

Saint Seraphim of Labodeia

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Conversion of St. Augustine, B.C.D.

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Conversion of St. Augustine, B.C.D.

St. Pius V,  225th Pope of Rome, C.

St. Hilary of Arles

St. Angelo

St. Aventinus of Tours

St. Brito

St. Crescentiana

St. Echa

Bl. Edmund Ignatius Rice

St. Eulogius of Edessa

St. Hydroc

Bl. John Haile

St. Jovinian

St. Jutta

St. Maurontus

St. Maximus of Jerusalem

St. Nectarius

St. Nicetius

St. Sacerdos

St. Theodore of Bologna

Orthodox – OCA:

Great Martyr Irene

Uncovering of the relics of Venerable James, Abbot of Zhelezny Bor

New Martyr Ephraim

Inexhastible Chalice Icon of the Mother of God

Venerable Barlaam of Serpukhov

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St. Monica, Widow

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St. Monica, Widow,  d.

St. Florian

St. Augustine Webster

Bl. Carthusian Martyrs

Bl. Ceferino Jimenez Malla

St. Conleth

St. Cyriacus

St. Ethelred

St. John Payne

St. Jose Maria Rubio

St. Judas Cyriacus

85 Martyrs of England and Wales

Martyrs of the Carthusian Order

Martyrs of England

Forty Martyrs of England & Wales

St. Nepotian

St. Paulinus of Sinigaglia

St. Pelagia of Antioch

St. Pelagia of Tarsus

St. Richard Reynolds

St. Robert Lawrence

St. Sacerdos

St. Venerius

Orthodox – OCA:

New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz

Virgin Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus, in Asia Minor

Venerable Alphan, with his brothers, of Novgorod,

         founders of the Sokolnitzky Monastery

Holy Confessor Erasmus, Bishop of Formia in Campania

Hieromartyr Albian, Bishop of Anaea in Asia Minor

Hieromartyr Silvanus, Bishop of Gaza, and 40 Martyrs with him

Venerable Nikēphóros of Mount Athos

“Staro Rus” Old Russian Icon of the Mother of God

Saint Monica

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EASTER IV

comm. Roodmas: The Discovery of the Holy Cross

Western:

Roodmas: Invention of the Holy Cross,  d2c

SS. Alexander, Eventius & Theodulus, MM., & Juvenal, B.C.

St. James the Lesser

St. Adalsindis

St. Alexander

St. Diodorus

St. Ethelwin

St. Gluvias

St. James the Less

St. Juvenal of Narni

Bl. Marie Leonie Paradis

St. Philip

St. Philip of Zell

St. Scannal

Sts. Timothy & Martha

Orthodox – OCA:

Sunday of the Paralytic

Martyr Timothy the Reader and his wife, Maura, in Egypt

Venerable Theodosius, Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves Monastery,

        and Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism in Russia

Saint Peter the Wonderworker, Bishop of Argos

“Svena” Icon of the Mother of God

Translation of the Dormition Icon of the Mother of God

        from Constantinople to the Kiev Caves, Far Caves

Saint Mamai, Catholicos of Georgia

Saints Michael and Arsenius of Ulompo, Georgia

Saint Ekouménios, Wonderworker of Trikala

Holy Great Martyr Xenia of Kalamata

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St Athanasius of Alexandria

Western:

 St Athanasius the Great,  B. C. D., 20th Pope of Alexandria

St. Exuperius

St. Felix of Seville

St. Joseph Luu

St. Neachtian

St. Saturninus

St. Valentine

St. Vindemialis, Eugene, & Longinus

St. Waldebert

St. Waldebert, Abbot

St. Wiborada

St. Zoe

Orthodox – OCA:

Saint Matrona of Moscow

Saint Athanasius the Great, Patriarch of Alexandria

Translation of the Relics of the Holy Passionbearers Boris and Gleb

        (in Baptism Roman and David—1072 and 1115)

Saint Athanasius of Lubensk, Patriarch of Constantinople

Martyr Hesperus with his wife and sons at Attalia

Saint Boris (in Baptism Michael), Equal of the Apostles,

        Prince and Baptizer of Bulgaria

Icon of the Mother of God of Putivil

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