Fixed commemorations

Saints

• Martyr Agathonicus
  Agathonicus and Companions
  Saint Agathonicus was a 3rd century citizen of Nicomedia. While living in Greece, he taught the Greeks about Christianity. Meanwhile, the imperial governor began persecuting Christians, following the orders of Emperor Maximian. In this persecution, Agathonicus' companion Zoticus was seized in...
  
   of Nicomedia
  Nicomedia
  Nicomedia was an ancient city in what is now Turkey, founded in 712/11 BC as a Megarian colony and was originally known as Astacus . After being destroyed by Lysimachus, it was rebuilt by Nicomedes I of Bithynia in 264 BC under the name of Nicomedia, and has ever since been one of the most...
  
   and his companions:
• Martyrs Zoticus, Theoprepius, Acindynus, Severian, Zeno and others who suffered under Maximian
  Maximian
  Maximian was Roman Emperor from 286 to 305. He was Caesar from 285 to 286, then Augustus from 286 to 305. He shared the latter title with his co-emperor and superior, Diocletian, whose political brain complemented Maximian's military brawn. Maximian established his residence at Trier but spent...
  
  
• Virgin Martyr Eulalia of Barcelona (303
  303
  Year 303 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerius and Valerius...
  
  )
• Saint Anthusa of Seleucia
  Seleucia
  Seleucia was the first capital of the Seleucid Empire, and one of the great cities of antiquity standing in Mesopotamia, on the Tigris River.Seleucia may refer to:...
  
   (298
  298
  Year 298 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Faustus and Gallus...
  
  )
• Hieromartyr Athanasius, Bishop of Tarsus
  Tarsus, Mersin
  Tarsus is a historic city in south-central Turkey, 20 km inland from the Mediterranean Sea. It is part of the Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Turkey with a population of 2.75 million...
  
   in Cilicia
  Cilicia
  In antiquity, Cilicia was the south coastal region of Asia Minor, south of the central Anatolian plateau. It existed as a political entity from Hittite times into the Byzantine empire...
  
  , and Martyrs Charesimus and Neophytus (ca 257
  257
  Year 257 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerianus and Gallienus...
  
  )
• Martyr Julian of Heliopolis
  Heliopolis
  -Placenames:*Heliopolis , the ancient city in Egypt*Heliopolis , a suburb in modern Cairo, Egypt* Heliopolis of Phoenicia, modern Baalbek, Lebanon...
  
   in Syria (ca. 362
  362
  Year 362 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Mamertinus and Nevitta...
  
  )
• Saint Bogolep of St. Paisius of Uglich
  Uglich
  Uglich is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, which stands on the Volga River. Population: A local tradition dates the town's origins to 937. It was first documented in 1148 as Ugliche Pole...
  
   Monastery (16th century)
• New-Martyrs Bishop Ephraim of Selenginsk
  Selenginsk
  Novoselenginsk is a rural locality in Selenginsky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located on the Selenge River south of Lake Baikal...
  
   and Priest John Vostorgov (1918)
• Martyrs Irenaeus
  Irenaeus
  Saint Irenaeus , was Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, then a part of the Roman Empire . He was an early church father and apologist, and his writings were formative in the early development of Christian theology...
  
  , Deacon, Or, and Oropsus
• Saint Isaac I (Antimonov, the “Elder”) of Optina Monastery
  Optina Monastery
  The Optina Hermitage is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for men near Kozelsk in Russia. In the 19th century, the Optina was the most important spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church and served as the model for several other monasteries, including the nearby Shamordino Convent...
  
   (1894)
• New Hieromartyrs Macarius (Gnevushev), bishop of Orel
  Oryol
  Oryol or Orel is a city and the administrative center of Oryol Oblast, Russia, located on the Oka River, approximately south-southwest of Moscow...
  
   (1918), Alexis (Orlov), archbishop of Omsk
  Omsk
  -History:The wooden fort of Omsk was erected in 1716 to protect the expanding Russian frontier along the Ishim and the Irtysh rivers against the Kyrgyz nomads of the Steppes...
  
   (1937), Theodore (Smirnov), bishop of Penza
  Penza
  -Honors:A minor planet, 3189 Penza, discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1978, is named after the city.-Notable residents:...
  
   (1937), John (Troyansky), bishop of Veliki Luki (1937), and Gorazd
  Gorazd (Pavlik) of Prague
  Bishop Gorazd of Prague, given name Matěj Pavlík , was the hierarch of the revived Orthodox Church in Moravia, the Church of Czechoslovakia, after World War I...
  
   (Pavlick), bishop of Prague
  Prague
  Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
  
   (1942)

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