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October 25 2021:

Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the notaries of Constantinople; Martyr Anastasius the Fuller at Salona in Dalmatia; Saint Tabitha, the widow raised from the dead by the Apostle Peter; Saint Martyrius the deacon and Saint Martyrius the recluse of the Kiev Caves; Saint George, Bishop of Amastrida and writer of canons; Saints Philadephus and Polycarp; Saint Macarius, Bishop of Cyprus; Martyrs Chrysaphos and Chrysanthy; Martyr Valerinos; Martyr Sabinas; Martyrs Crispin and Crispianos of Soisson; translation of the relics of Venerable Sabbas the Sanctified; translation of the relics of Venerable John of Beverly

( October 12 2021: Julian Calendar )

Martyrs Probus, Tarachus, and Andronicus at Tarsus in Cilicia; Saint Cosmas the Hymnographer, Bishop of Maiuma; Martyr Domnica (Domnina) of Anazarbus; Saint Martin the Merciful, Bishop of Tours; Saints Amphilochius, Macarius, and Tarasius, abbots, and Theodosius, monk, of Glushetskry (Vologda); Virgin-Martyr Anastasia of Rome; Saint Theodotus (Theodore), Bishop of Ephesus; Martyrs Malfethos and Anthea; Saint Jason (John), Bishop of Damascus; Saint Symeon the New Theologian (see also March 12); Saint Theodosius the God-bearer of Arsinoe in Cyprus; Saint Edwin, martyr and king of Northumbria; Saint Wilfrid, Bishop of Hexham; New-Martyr John, Archbishop of Riga and Latvia; Martyrs Juventios, Maximos, Dorotheos, and Diodoros at Antioch; "Jerusalem" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos

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