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Apostle Silas of the Seventy
The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Silas, Silvanus, Crescens, Epenetus and Andronicus were disciples of the Savior.
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Apostle Silvanus of the Seventy
The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Silvanus, Silas, Crescens, Epenetus and Andronicus were disciples of the Savior.
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Apostle Crescens of the Seventy
The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Crescens, Silas, Silvanus, Epenetus and Andronicus were disciples of the Savior.
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Apostle Epenetus of the Seventy
The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Epenetus, Silas, Silvanus, Crescens, and Andronicus were disciples of the Savior.
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Apostle Andronicus of the Seventy
The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Andronicus, Silas, Silvanus, Crescens, Epenetus and were disciples of the Savior.
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Martyr John the Soldier at Constantinople
The Holy Martyr John the Warrior served in the imperial army of the emperor Julian the Apostate (361-363). He was sent with other soldiers to seek out...
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Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Herman of Solovki
The Uncovering of the Relics of Saint Herman of Solovki took place in the year 1484. St Herman lived as a hermit at the River Vyg, by a chapel. It was...
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Hieromartyr Polychronius the Bishop of Babylon
The Hieromartyr Polychronius, Bishop of Babylon; the presbyters Parmenius, Helimenas, and Chrysotelus; the deacons Luke and Mocius; the holy Persian...
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Martyr Parmenius the Presbyter in Babylon
Saint Parmenius the priest was arrested with St Polychronius, Bishop of Babylon, the priests Helimenas and Chrysotelus, and two deacons, Luke and Mocius...
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Martyr Helimenas the Presbyter in Babylon
Saint Helimenas the priest was arrested with St Polychronius, Bishop of Babylon, the priests Parmenius and Chrysotelus, and two deacons, Luke and Mocius...
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Martyr Chrysotelus the Presbyter in Babylon
Saint Chrysotelus the priest was arrested with St Polychronius, Bishop of Babylon, the priests Helimenas and Parmenius, and two deacons, Luke and Mocius...
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Martyr Luke the Deacon in Babylon
Saint Luke the deacon was arrested with St Polychronius, Bishop of Babylon, the priests Parmenius, Helimenas and Chrysotelus, and the deacon Mocius...
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Martyr Moscius the Deacon
Saint Moscius the deacon was arrested with St Polychronius, Bishop of Babylon, the priests Parmenius, Helimenas and Chrysotelus, and the deacon Luke...
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Martyr Abdon in Babylon
The Persian princes Abdon and Sennen took the bodies of Sts Parmenius, Helimenas and Chrysotelus, Luke and Moscius and buried them in their own village...
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Martyr Sennen in Babylon
The Persian princes Sennen and Abdon took the bodies of Sts Parmenius, Helimenas and Chrysotelus, Luke and Moscius and buried them in their own village...
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Martyr Maximus in Babylon
Saints Maximus and Olympius and Maximus of Babylon, were brought before Decius and charged with being Christians. The holy martyrs were fiercely tortured...
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Martyr Olympius in Babylon
Saints Olympius and Maximus of Babylon, were brought before Decius and charged with being Christians. The holy martyrs were fiercely tortured and beheaded...
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Hieromartyr Valentine the Bishop of Interamna, Terni in Italy
The Hieromartyr Bishop Valentine and his three disciples, Proculus, Ephebus and Apollonius, and the righteous Abundius lived during the third century....
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Martyr Proculus the Youth of Interamna, Terni in Italy
Saints Proculus, Ephebus, and Apollonius were pagans who came from Athens to study in Rome. They found a tutor named Craton, and lived in his home....
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Martyr Ephebus the Youth of Interamna, Terni in Italy
Saints Ephebus, Proculus, and Apollonius were pagans who came from Athens to study in Rome. They found a tutor named Craton, and lived in his home....
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Martyr Apollonius the Youth of Interamna, Terni in Italy
Saints Apollonius, Proculus, and Ephebus were pagans who came from Athens to study in Rome. They found a tutor named Craton, and lived in his home....
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Martyr Abundius the Youth of Interamna, Terni in Italy
Saint Abundius was the son of the city prefect, and a Christian. Learning that his friends Sts Proculus, Ephebus, and Apollonius had been arrested for...
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Venerable Angelina of Serbia
Saint Angelina was the daughter of Prince George Skenderbeg of Albania. Her mother's name is not known, but she raised her daughter in Christian piety...
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Icon of the Mother of God of Okonsk
The Okonsk Icon of the Mother of God, by tradition, was received by the Georgian emperor Vakhtang IV from Jerusalem and initially it was at the Gaenat...
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Venerable Anatole II of Optina
Saint Anatole the Younger (Alexander Potapov in the world) longed to be a monk from his youth. His mother would not give her blessing for this, so he...
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St Tsotne Dadiani the Confessor
Saint Tsotne Dadiani, a virtuous military leader and the prince of Egrisi, lived in the middle of the 13th century.
During that time Georgia...
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