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• Reader
  ...ed, setting him apart as blessed by the [[bishop]] to read in services and in the [[Divine Liturgy]]. In the past, low literacy rates meant that a Reader reading in church was the main way that people would hear Scripture read.
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• Anthony of the Kiev Caves
  ...ntipas by his parents. In his youth he possessed a fear of God and dressed in [[monasticism|monastic]] attire. As he matured he set off on a journey to [ ...olitan of Kiev), near the village of Berestovo. Here he began his struggle in prayer, vigil, work, and fasting, eating only a morsel a day and sometimes
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• Philopater Mercurius
  The holy [[martyr]] '''Philopater Mercurius''' lived in the third century. He is also known as the [[saint]] with the two swords ( ...hristian manner. When he grew to adulthood (at the age of 17), he enlisted in the Roman army during the days of Emperor Decius, the [[paganism|pagan]]. T
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• Martin of Tours
  ...is [[hagiographer]] Sulpitius Severus, a contemporary, recorded the events in his life. ...officer, he was required to join the cavalry. In the course of his duties in 334 he was stationed at Samarobriva, Gaul, modern day Amiens, France.
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• Protection of the Mother of God
  ...d on [[October 1]]. The feast is celebrated additionally on [[October 28]] in the Greek tradition. It is also known as the feast of the '''Virgin Mary's In most Slavic languages the word "cerement" has a dual meaning of "veil" and
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• Church of the Life-Giving Font of the Theotokos (Istanbul)
  ...t [[pilgrimage]] sites of Greek Orthodoxy.<ref name="JANIN">Raymond Janin (in French). ''La Géographie ecclésiastique de l'Empire byzantin. 1. Part: Le ...e experience the emperor went through earlier in his life. Leo was walking in a forested area when he saw a blind man who asked him for water to quench h
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• Bishoy Kamel
  ...t the Education College, Alexandria University. He was ordained [[priest]] in December 1959. ...Bishoy Kamel always went to distribute food and gifts to some of the needy in his [[congregation]] after the feast mass service. Because he always felt t
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• Sinaia Monastery
  ...stery (Sinai)|Sinai Monastery]] at the base of [[Mount Sinai]], is located in Romania. It is now inhabited by 20 [[Orthodoxy|Orthodox]] Christian [[monk] ...m 1695, while the more recent "Biserica Mare" (The Great Church) was built in 1846.
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• Theophanes the Confessor of Sigriane
  [[Saint]] Theophanes the [[Confessor]] was born in 759 at Constantinople into a pious and renowned family. His father was a re ...im to enter into [[marriage]], but he persuaded his bride to live with him in virginity.
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• Theodora of Vasta
  .... 491) who is commemorated on the same day. She is reported to have lived in various centuries: third, seventh,<ref>[http://users.hol.gr/~spyrosy/vasta/ ...Not to be deterred, Theodora secretly disguised herself as a male soldier in order to join the defense. Unfortunately, Theodora did not survive, and as
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• Benjamin (Kazansky) of Petrograd
  ...' headed the [[Eparchy of St. Petersburg]] as the Bolsheviks assumed power in Russia and was executed by them for his firm defense of the Church against ...]d a [[monk]] with the name Benjamin and [[ordination|ordained]] a deacon. In 1896, he was ordained a priest.
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• Panagia of Tinos
  ...st venerated religious [[icon]]s in all of Greece. It has three festivals in the Church calendar: The anniversay of the finding of the icon ([[January 3 ...[[Apostle Luke|Luke]]. It is assumed that this icon was so highly esteemed in the Byzantine era it was either hidden or lost around the time of the Mosle
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• Lydia of Thyatira
  ...o Christianity in Europe. Her conversion came after hearing Paul’s words in Philippi proclaiming the [[Gospel]] of Christ during his second mission jou ...for which the city of Thyatira was noted. Purple goods were part of a high value industry and were used by emperors, high government officials, and priests
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• Georgy Shavelsky
  ...in the war front during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 and took part in the reorganization of the chaplain services of the imperial military and na ...he was appointed chief field chaplain of the First Manchurian Army, a post in which he served until March 1906.
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• Peter of Alexandria
  ...memorated of [[November 24]] in the Greek tradition and of [[November 25]] in the Slavic tradition. ...f theology of the Church. Peter was chosen as the Archbishop of Alexandria in the year 300 upon the death of his mentor, Theonas, who had recommended Pet
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• John Maximovitch of Tobolsk
  ...pioneer in the development of higher theological education and publication in Russia. He was unpretentious and, as a [[missionary]] to the pagans of Sibe ..., as he revealed an exceptional talent of eloquence and graceful abilities in which he attached an especial significance to inward religious self-knowled
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• Drosis of Antioch
  ...stian rituals. In 104, a special law was issued against those who believed in Christ and who denied obedience to imperial idols. ...Drosis learned about the nuns she secretly left the palace to assist them in collecting the martyred Christians.
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• Philoumenos (Hasapis) of Jacob's Well
  ...enos (†1979), keeper of the Greek Orthodox monastery of [[Jacob's Well]] in Samaria (Nablus, West Bank).]] ...f [[Jacob's Well]] near the city of Samaria, now called Nablus (Neapolis), in the West Bank.
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• Euphemius of Constantinople
  ...s|Anastasius I]]. Eventually, his strong stand against Anastasius resulted in his [[deposition]] and exile. ...er]] in Constantinople. He was an administrator of a hospital for the poor in Neapolis who was described as learned, very virtuous, and not tinged with a
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• Germanus of Auxerre
  ...hop of Auxerre, in Gaul. He successfully stemmed the spread of Pelagianism in the British Isles. St. Germanus is commemorated on [[July 31]]. ...d his education in Rome, studying rhetoric and civil law. He practiced law in Rome before the tribunal of the prefect for some years with great success a
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