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November 6 2024:

Our Holy Lady Theotokos

Saint Paul the Confessor, Archbishop of Constantinople; Saint Barlaam, Abbot of Chutin (Novgorod); Saint Luke, monk of Sicily; Martyrs Tecusa, Alexandra, Claudia, Matrona, Polactia, Euphrosyne, and Athanasia of Ancyra; Saint Luke, steward of the Kiev Caves; Saint Barlaam of Keret Lake; New-Martyr Gregory the Cross-bearer; Monk-martyr Nicander; Saint Paul, Fool-for-Christ; Saint Herman (Germanus), Archbishop of Kazan; Saint Winnoc, Abbot of St. Omer; Saint Illtud, Abbot of Llantwit Major; Saint Leontius the Great; Saint Abraham of Chotine; Saint Melaine, Bishop of Rennes; synaxis of New-Martyrs of Sarov: Anatole, Basil, Hierotheus, Isaac, and Rufinus; commemoration of the Sarov Monastery Elders: Pachomius, Pitirim, Matthew, Joseph, and Joachim



( October 24 2024: Julian Calendar )

The Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow

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