Fixed commemorations

Saints

• Philip the Evangelist
  Philip the Evangelist
  Saint Philip the Evangelist appears several times in the Acts of the Apostles. He was one of the Seven Deacons chosen to care for the poor of the Christian community in Jerusalem . He preached and performed miracles in Samaria, converted Simon Magus, and met and baptised an Ethiopian man, an...
  
   of the Seventy Disciples
  Seventy Disciples
  The seventy disciples or seventy-two disciples were early followers of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke . According to Luke, the only gospel in which they appear, Jesus appointed them and sent them out in pairs on a specific mission which is detailed in the text...
  
  , one of the seven deacons
  Seven Deacons
  The Seven Deacons were leaders elected by the Early Christian church to minister to the people of Jerusalem. They are described in the Acts of the Apostles, and are the subject of later traditions as well; for instance they are supposed to have been members of the Seventy Disciples who appear in...
  
   (1st century)
• St. Theophanes Graptus (“the Branded”)
  Theophanes the Branded
  Theophanes the Branded also called Theophanes Graptus or Theophanes of Nicea was a Byzantine monk and hymnographer.Next to Joseph the Hymnographer, Theophanes is the major contributor to the Orthodox liturgical book called the Paraklitiki .-Life:His Vita prima was recorded in the Life of Michael...
  
  , Confessor and hymnographer, bishop of Nicaea (850
  850
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• Martyrs Zenaida (Zenais) and Philonilla
  Zenaida and Philonella
  Saints Zenaida and Philonella were traditionally the first Christian physicians after Luke the Evangelist, and the first "unmercenaries"...
  
   of Tarsus in Cilicia (1st century)
• St. Theophanes, faster of the Kiev Caves (12th century)
• Saints Nectarius
  Archbishop Nectarius of Constantinople
  Nectarius was the archbishop of Constantinople from AD 381 until his death, the successor to Saint Gregory Nazianzus.-Background:When Gregory resigned, Nectarius was praetor of Constantinople...
  
   (397), Arsacius
  Arsacius of Tarsus
  Arsacius was the intruding archbishop of Constantinople from 404 up to 405, after the violent expulsion of John Chrysostom.-Biography:...
  
   (405) and Sinisius
  Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople
  Sisinnius was the Archbishop of Constantinople from 426 to 427.- References :...
  
   (427), Patriarchs of Constantinople
• St. Philotheus Kokkinos of Mt. Athos, patriarch of Constantinople (1379)
• New Hieromartyr Juvenaly (Maslovsky), archbishop of Ryazan
  Ryazan
  Ryazan is a city and the administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Oka River southeast of Moscow. Population: The strategic bomber base Dyagilevo is just west of the city, and the air base of Alexandrovo is to the southeast as is the Ryazan Turlatovo Airport...
  
   (1937)

Other commemorations

• Commemoration of the Miracle from the Icon of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Beirut of Phoenicia
  Phoenicia
  Phoenicia , was an ancient civilization in Canaan which covered most of the western, coastal part of the Fertile Crescent. Several major Phoenician cities were built on the coastline of the Mediterranean. It was an enterprising maritime trading culture that spread across the Mediterranean from 1550...
  
  
• Repose of Elder Leonid 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...
  
  (1841)