July 28

Feasts

Holy Apostles of the Seventy and Deacons: Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, and Parmenas; Martyr Eustathius (Eustace) the soldier of Ancyra (or of Apamea); Martyr Acacius of Apamea; Martyr Julian of Dalmatia; Saint Pitirim, Bishop of Tambov; Saint Irene, Abbess of Chrysovalantou; Saint Paul of Xeropotamou Monastery on Mount Athos; Saint Moses, Wonder-worker of the Kiev Caves; Martyr Drosida; Saint Sampson, Bishop of Dol; appearance of the "Smolensk" Hodigitria Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos; Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of Tender Feeling-Diveyevo", before which Saint Seraphim of Sarov reposed. Other events: repose of Abbess Daria of Sezenovo