Feasts
The
Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, commemorating the deliverance from the Poles in 1612; Holy
Equal-to-the-Apostles Abercius (Averkios),
Bishop and
Wonder-worker of Hierapolis; the Holy Seven Youths ("Seven Sleepers") of Ephesus (see
August 4);
Martyrs Alexander the bishop, Heraclius, Anna, Elizabeth, Theodota and Glyceria, at Adrianopolis; Saint Lot of Egypt; Saints Theodore and Paul,
Abbots of Rostov; Saint James of Luga and Omutch,
disciple of St. Theophilus of Omutch; Martyr Zachariah; Saint Rufus of the Paradise; Saint Cecilia the Martyr; Saint Mellon, Bishop of Rouen; repose of
Righteous Monk Joseph the Silent of Kuban