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July 20 2018:

Holy Glorious Prophet Elijah (Elias); Saint Abramius of Galich or Chukhloma Lake, disciple of Saint Sergius of Radonezh; New-Martyr Lydia, and with her the soldiers Alexei and Cyril; Priest Philosoph Ornalsky and those with him; Righteous Martyr Maria Skobtsova and those with her: Father Dimitri Klepinin, her son George (Yuri) Skobtsov, and Elie (Ilya) Fondaminsky; Priest Martyr Alexei Medvedkov; Righteous Iliya Chavchavadze of Georgia; Saint Wulmar, Hieromonk of Hautmont; opening of the relics of Saint Athanasius, Abbot of Brest-Litovsk. Other events: repose of Righteous Priest Valentine Amphiteatrov; second commemoration of the Abalakskaya icon of the Mother of God of the Sign

( July 7 2018: Julian Calendar )

Venerable Thomas of Mount Maleon; Saint Acacius of Sinai, who is mentioned in The Ladder; Martyrs Epictetus, presbyter, and Astion, monk, in Scythia; Martyr Kyriaki of Nicomedia; Martyrs Peregrinus, Lucian, Pompeius, Hesychius, Pappias, Saturninus, and Germanus, of Dyrrachium in Macedonia; Martyr Evangelus, Bishop of Tomis (Constanţa) in Romania; Saint Eudocia, in monasticism Euphrosyne, grand-duchess of Moscow; Hieromartyr Eustace; Martyr Polycarp the New; Saint Illtyd, founder of Llantwit Abbey in Wales; Saint Hedda, Bishop of Winchester; Saint Willibald, Bishop of Eichstatt; Saint Sunniva and companions; Saint Boisil, Abbot of Melrose; Saint Ethelburga, Abbess of Faremoutier; Saint Palladios, Bishop of Ireland and Scotland; Saint Maelruain, Abbot of Tallaght

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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."

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