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Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple
The second day of the Afterfeast of the Meeting of the Lord falls on February 4.
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Venerable Isidore of Pelusium
Saint Isidore of Pelusium lived during the fourth-fifth centuries. He was a native of Alexandria, and was raised among pious Christians. He was a relative...
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Right-believing George the Great Prince of Vladimir
Holy Great Prince George was a son of Great Prince Vsevolod, nicknamed "Big Nest." He was born in the year 1189, and he assumed the great princely throne...
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Venerable Cyril the Abbot and Wonderworker of Novoezersk, Novgorod
Saint Cyril of New Lake was born into a pious family. The Lord marked him as one of the chosen even before he was born. Cyril's mother was praying in...
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Venerable Abraham of Pechenga, Vologda
Saints Abraham and Coprius of Pechenga in 1492 founded the Savior wilderness monastery at the River Pechenga, in Gryazovetsk district, 21 versts from...
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Venerable Coprius of Pechenga, Vologda
Saints Abraham and Coprius of Pechenga in 1492 founded the Savior wilderness monastery at the River Pechenga, in Gryazovetsk district, 21 versts from...
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Martyr Jadorus
Saint Jadorus suffered martyrdom with St Isidore (not Isidore of Pelusium) in the reign of Decius (249-251).
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Hieromartyr Abramius the Bishop of Arbela in Assyria
The Hieromartyr Abraham, Bishop of Arbilia, suffered during a persecution against Christians in Persia under the emperor Sapor II. When they demanded...
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Venerable Nicholas the Confessor the Abbot of Studion
Saint Nicholas the Confessor, Igumen of the Studion Monastery, lived during the ninth century. He was born on the island of Crete in the village of...
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St Evagrisi the disciple of St Shio
Saint Evagre was born to God-fearing and pious parents who read the Holy Scriptures to him from the earliest years of his childhood. When he reached...
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