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Righteous Joseph the Fair (the All-Comely), son of Jacob, Patriarch (c. 1700 BC); Saint Acacius the Confessor, Bishop of Melitene in Pisidia (251); Saint Hypatius the Wonderworker, Bishop of Gangra (326); Theophilos the Martyr, and those with him, in Crete; Martyrs Menander and Sabinus, and another 38 martyrs, in Hermopolis of Egypt, under Julian the Apostate (c. 361-363); Saint Apollonius (Apollo) of the Thebaid, ascetic (4th century); Hieromartyrs Abdas, Bishop of Hormizd-Ardashir, and the Deacon Benjamin, of Persia (c. 424) (see also May 16 and March 12); Venerable Hypatius, Abbot of Rufinus in Chalcedon (446); Venerable Blaise of Amorium and Mount Athos (c. 909); Venerable Stephen the Wonderworker, ascetic; Saint Balbina of Rome (c. 130); Martyrs Theodulus, Anesius, Felix, Cornelia and Companions, in North Africa; Saint Renovatus, Abbot of Cauliana in Lusitania, then Bishop of Merida in Spain for twenty-two years (c. 633); Saint Aldo, Abbot of Hasnon Abbey in Belgium (8th century); Saint Guy (Guido) (1046); Venerable Hypatius the Healer, of the Kiev Caves Monastery (14th century); Saint Ivan I of Moscow (John I Daniilovich Kalita), Prince of Moscow from 1325 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1328 (1340); Saint Jonah of Moscow, Metropolitan of Kiev, Moscow, and all Russia (1461); Saint Philaret, Abbot of Glinsk Hermitage (1841); Saint Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of Siberia and Alaska (1879); Saint Arseny Richynsky the Physician of Volyn, New Confessor and Wonderworker (1956); New Hieromartyr John Blyumovich, Priest (1938); Other Commemorations: Appearance of the Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, on Mt. Athos ("Panagia Portaitissa" or "Gate-Keeper") (late 10th century) (see also February 12); Repose of Archbishop Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse and Holy Trinity Monastery (1976) Repose of Archimandrite Thaddeus (Strabulovich) of Vitovnica Monastery (Tadej Štrbulović), Serbia (2003).
The 10,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia (Myriads of Holy Martyrs), by the sword; Martyrs Trophimus and Eucarpion, soldiers, at Nicomedia, and those with them (300); Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem (386); Venerable Ananias the Wonderworker (Aninas of the Euphrates), Hieromonk; Saint Daniel, monk of Egypt (6th c.); Saints Narcissus and Felix, a Bishop and his Deacon honoured as martyrs in Gerona, Catalonia, Spain (ca.307); Saint Tetricus, Bishop of Langres in Gaul (572); Saint Frediano of Ireland (Frigidanus, Frigdianus), prince and hermit, and Bishop of Lucca (588); Saint Egbert of Ripon, monk (729); Saint Edward the Martyr, King of England (978); Saint Cyril of Astrakhan (1576); New Hieromartyr Demetrius, Priest (1938); Virgin-martyr Natalia (1938); Saint Maria (Skobtsova) (Elizabeth Pilenko), nun, who suffered at Ravensbrück concentration camp (1945); Other Commemorations: Repose of Abbot Mark of Optina Monastery (1909); Repose of St. Nicholas of Zhicha, at Libertyville, Illinois (1956).
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The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America, founded in 2010, consists of all the active Orthodox bishops of North and Central America, representing multiple jurisdictions. It is the successor to SCOBA, and it is not, properly speaking, a synod. The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America is one of several such bodies around the world which operate in the so-called "diaspora."
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