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Martyrs Carpus, Papylus, Agathadorus, and Agathonike at Pergamus; Martyr Florentius of Thessaloniki; Martyr Benjamin, deacon of Persia; Saint Nicetas the Confessor of Paphlagonia; Saint Benjamin of the Kiev Caves; New-Martyr Chryse (Zlata) of Meglena, Bulgaria; Saint Vannatius of Poitiers (Gaul); Saint Anthony, Metropolitan of Chkondidi; Saint Jacob the Elder, disciple of St. Anthony of Chkondidi; Saint Vannatios of Poitiers; Saint Comgan, Abbot of Lochalsh; Martyr Dioscoros; Martyr Antigonos; Uncovering of relics of Hieromartyr Thaddeus (Uspenskiy) of Tver‎ (1993); Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of the Seven Lakes;" Portaitissa Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos

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+By some estimates OrthodoxWiki may now be (by traffic) the [[OrthodoxWiki:Statistics|#1 Orthodox Christian website on the Internet]] (or at least in the U.S. --  ([[OrthodoxWiki:Statistics|qualifications here]]).
 The OrthodoxWiki editors have taken St. [[John of Damascus]] as their heavenly [[patron saint|patron]] and intercessor as they seek to further the worship and knowledge of the All-Holy [[Trinity]] and the faith of the [[Orthodox Church]] by means of these pages.