Saints

Principal commemoration St Vincent of Lerins (445) May 24 Principal commemoration St Zosimas, monk, of Palestine (523) April 4 Principal commemoration St Zosimas, monk, of Phoenicia (Syria) (6th c.) June 8 Principal commemoration St. Sophia the Righteous (1974) May 6 Principal commemoration St. Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem March 11 Principal commemoration Sts Anastasius, Theodore, Euprepius and Anastasius the Younger, confessors and disciples of St Maximos the Confessor (7th c.) September 20 Principal commemoration Sts Barsanuphius and John the Prophet, monks of Palestine (6th c.) February 6 Principal commemoration Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel March 26 Principal commemoration Synaxis of Serbian Hierarchs August 30 Principal commemoration Synaxis of Seventy Apostles January 4 Principal commemoration Synaxis of the Holy Startsi of Optina Monastery October 11 Principal commemoration Synaxis of the Icon of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos “Of the Three Hands” June 28 Principal commemoration Synaxis of the Three New Righteous Martyrs of the Holy Mountain, Euthymius, Ignatius, and Acacius (1814-1815) May 1 Principal commemoration The Ethiopian Eunuch of Queen Candace January 4 Principal commemoration The Fall of Constantinople (1453); “Blessed Constantine XII, last of the Byzantine emperors, martyred by the Turks (1453)” May 29 Principal commemoration The Flight into Egypt of the Holy Family December 26 Principal commemoration The Four Hundred and Forty Martyrs of Lombardy (579) March 2 Principal commemoration The Holy Fathers slain at Sinai and Raithu (4th – 5th c.) January 14 Principal commemoration The Holy Martyr John the New of Ioannina (1526) April 18 Principal commemoration The Holy Martyr Susanna the Virgin, and those with her (295-296) August 11 Principal commemoration The Martyrs of Africa, who suffered during the Vandal persecution (429 and following) December 7 Principal commemoration The Nine Martyrs at Cyzicus (3rd c.) April 29 Principal commemoration The Ninety-nine Fathers of Crete (date unknown) October 7 Principal commemoration The Placing of the Precious Robe of the Lord in Moscow (1625) July 10