Feasts
Righteous John,
Wonder-worker of Kronstadt;
Prophet Joel;
Martyr Varus, and with him six
monk-martyrs; Blessed Cleopatra and her son John, in Egypt;
Saint John,
Abbot of Rila in Bulgaria;
Hieromartyr Sadoc (Sadoth),
Bishop of Persia, and 128 martyrs with him; Saint Leontius the Philosopher of Saint Sabbas'
Monastery; Blessed Prochorus of Pechenga (Pcinja);
New-Martyr Priest Alexis Stavrosky; Hieromartyr Felix and
Deacon Eusebius; Saint Frideswide,
Abbess of Oxford; Saint Ethbin,
Hermit of Brittany and Ireland,
disciple of St. Samson of Dol (see
July 28); Venerable Gabriel, abbot of St. Elias Skete, Mt. Athos (1901); commemoration of the
glorification of
New-Martyrs and
Confessors of Russia
