Fixed commemorations

Saints

• Hieromartyr
  Hieromartyr
  In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr who was also one of the clergy . In like manner a priest-monk is often called a hieromonk....
  
   Polycarp of Smyrna, bishop
  Bishop
  A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
  
   (167
  167
  Year 167 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Quadratus...
  
  )
• Saint
  Saint
  A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
  
  s John, Antioch, Antoninus, Moses, Zebinas, Polychronius, another Moses, and Damian, ascetics of the Syria
  Syria
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  n desert (5th century)
• Saint Alexander, founder of the order of the Unsleeping Ones (431
  431
  Year 431 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Bassus and Antiochus...
  
  )
• Saint Gorgonia
  Saint Gorgonia
  Saint Gorgonia was the daughter of Saint Gregory the Elder and Saint Nonna. She is remembered in both Western and Eastern Churches for her piety as a married woman.-Biography:...
  
  , sister of Saint Gregory the Theologian (372
  372
  Year 372 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Modestus and Arintheus...
  
  )
• Saint Damian of Esphigmenou Skete on Mount Athos
  Mount Athos
  Mount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the...
  
   (14th century)
• Saint Moses of White Lake, monk
  Monk
  A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
  
   (15th century)
• Saint Polycarp of Briansk, monk (1499)
• Martyr Damian, monk of Mount Athos, who suffered at Larissa
  Larissa
  Larissa is the capital and biggest city of the Thessaly region of Greece and capital of the Larissa regional unit. It is a principal agricultural centre and a national transportation hub, linked by road and rail with the port of Volos, the city of Thessaloniki and Athens...
  
   (1658)
• Martyr Clement
• Martyr Thea

Other commemorations

• Repose of Abbot
  Abbot
  The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...
  
   Nazarius of Valaam
  Valaam
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   (1809)