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Today's feasts January 18 2020: Saints Athanasius (373) and Cyril (444), Archbishops of Alexandria; Martyr Theodoula of Anazarbus in Cilicia (ca.304); Martyrs Helladius, Theodoulos, Boethius, Evagrius, and Macarius, of Anazarbus in Cilicia (ca. 304); Martyr Xenia of Rome, by fire; Venerable Marcian of Cyrrhus, monk, in Syria (ca.388); Venerable Ephraimios, Bishop of Mylasa, in Caria (5th c.); Venerbale Sylvanus of Palestine, ascetic; Virgin-martyr Prisca of Rome (1st or 3rd c.); Martyrs Archelais, Thecla and Susanna, three holy virgins, at Salerno (293); Saint Volusianus of Tours, a married senator who was chosen Bishop of Tours and shortly after driven out by Arian Visigoths (496); Saint Liberata of Como, a holy virgin in Como in Italy where with her sister St Faustina she founded the convent of Santa Margarita (580); Saint Leobardus of Marmoutier in Gaul, hermit (593); Saint Ninnidh of Inismacsaint (Ireland) (6th c.) - (see also January 17); Saint Deicolus, one of the twelve disciples to accompany St. Columbanus in his missionary enterprise, Abbot of Lure (625); Saint Ulfrid (Ulfrith, Wolfred, Wulfrid, Wilfrid), missionary in Germany and Sweden, martyred for destroying an image of Thor (1028); Venerable Ephraim the Lesser (the Philosopher) of Georgia (1101); Venerable Cyril, Igumen at Kiev (1146); Saint Joachim I, Patriarch of Turnovo and Bulgaria (1248); Saints Cyril and Mary, Schema-monastics, (both ca. 1337), parents of St. Sergius of Radonezh; Saint Maximus of Serbia (Maximus the New), Archbishop of Wallachia (1516); Venerable Athanasius of Syandemsk, Abbot of Syandemsk (Valaam and Vologda) (1550); Venerable Athanasius of Novolotsk, Fool-for-Christ (16th-17th c.); Saint Alexis (Shushania), Hieromonk of Teklati, Georgia (1923); New Hieromartyr Michael, Priest (1919); New Hieromartyr Eugene, Priest (1930); New Hieromartyr Vladimir Zubkovich, Archpriest of Smolevichi (Belorussia) (1937); New Hieromartyrs Nicholas, Sergius, Alexander, Priests (1938). ( January 5 2020: Julian Calendar ) Eve of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; Prophet Micah (9th c. BC); Martyr Theopemptus, Bishop of Nicomedia and Martyr Theonas, the former sorcerer (303); Martyr Sais; Martyr Theoidus; Righteous Syncletica of Alexandria, nun (ca.350 or ca.460); Venerable Domnina (Domna); Venerable Tatiana, nun; Saint Apollinaris, Virgin, of Egypt (ca.470); Venerable Phosterius the Hermit (6th c.); Saint Menas of Sinai (6th c.); Venerable Gregory of Crete, monk (ca.820); Venerable Dorotheos the Younger, restorer of the ancient Monastery of the Holy Trinity at Chiliokomon in Amaseia, Pontus; Hieromartyr Saint Telesphorus, a Greek who was Pope of Rome for ten years (ca. 136) (see also February 22 - East); Saint Emiliana, a Roman lady and the paternal aunt of Pope St Gregory the Great (6th c.); Saint Kiara (Chier), a spiritual daughter of St Fintan Munnu (ca.680); Venerable Cera of Ireland (Ciar, Cyra, Cior, Ceara), Abbess (7th c.); Venerable Conwoïon (Convoyon), a Breton saint and Abbot (868); Saint Gaudentius of Gnesen (Radim Gaudentius), first Archbishop of Gnesen in Poland (1004); New Monk-martyr Romanus of Carpenision and Kapsokalyvia, at Constantinople (1694) (see also February 16); Venerable Symeon of the Pskov-Caves Monastery, Hiero-Schemamonk (1960); Schema-Archimandrite Venerable Theophan (Rikhlovsky) of Nizhyn (1977) (see also December 23); New Hieromartyr Joseph Bespalov, and with him 37 Martyrs (1921); Hieromartyr Stephen Ponomarev, Protopresbyter, at Alma-Ata (1933); Virgin-martyr Eugenia Domozhirova, at Alma-Ata (1933); New Hieromartyr Sergius, Priest (1934); Martyr Matthew (1938); Other commemorations: Translation of the relics of St. Rumon, Bishop, to Tavistock Abbey; Repose of Monk Alexander of Valaam Monastery (1810). Featured article 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." Recently featured: Raphael Morgan, Holy Week, Georges Florovsky, Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria, Paschal Homily, Pachomius the Great. View all featured articles.

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