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Today's feasts May 4: Virgin-Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus in Asia Minor (287); Hieromartyr Albian (Olbian), Bishop of Anaea in Asia Minor, and his disciples (284-303); Martyrs Aphrodisius, Leontius, Anthony, Valerian, Macrobius, and 60 others, monks at Scythopolis of Palestine (beg. of 4th c.); Hieromartyr Silvanus of Gaza, bishop, and with him 40 martyrs (311); Saint Hilary the Wonder-worker of the desert; Saint Nicephorus of Medikion, abbot and founder of Medikion Monastery (813) Saint Athanasios of Corinth, bishop (10th-11th c.); Hieromartyr Porphyrius (250); Saint Curcodomus, a deacon in Rome sent to help St Peregrinus (2nd c.); Hieromartyr Erasmus, Bishop of Formia in Campania, and 20,000 martyrs with him (303); Martyrs Florian and 40 companions, at Lorsch, Austria (304); Saint Monica of Tagaste, the mother of St. Augustine of Hippo (387); Saint Nepotianus, nephew of St Heliodorus, Bishop of Altino near Venice in Italy (395); Saint Venerius of Milan, second bishop of Milan, a loyal supporter of St John Chrysostom (409); Saint Conleth, maker of sacred vessels, first Bishop of Kildare (ca.519); Saint Anthony du Rocher, disciple of St Benedict and companion of St Maurus in his mission to France, founder of the monastery of Saint Julian in Tours (6th c.); St. Æthelred, king of Mercia and monk (716); Saint Sacerdos of Limoges, Bishop of Limoges (720); Saint Gotthard of Hildesheim, became Bishop of Hildesheim in 1022 and did much to spread the Faith (1038); Saint Theodosia (Fedosia), Princess of Vladimir, (wife of Jaroslav Vsevolodovich; mother of St. Alexander Nevsky) (1244); Saint Nicephorus (the Solitary, the Hesychast) of Mount Athos, teacher of St. Gregory Palamas (before 1300); The Alfanov brothers of Novgorod: Saints Nicetas, Cyril, Nicephorus, Clement, and Isaac of Novgorod (14th-15th c.), founders of the Sokolnitzki Monastery in 1389; New Hieromartyr Dimitri, Archbishop of Gdov (1938); New Hieromartyr John, priest, (1942); New Hieromartyr Nicholas, deacon, (1943); New Hieromartyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz (1945); Other Commemorations: Translation of the relics of the Righteous Lazarus and Saint Mary Magdalene, Equal-to-the-Apostles; Icon of the Mother of God "Staro Rus" Old Russian (1570). Featured article The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America, founded in 2010, consists of all the active Orthodox bishops of North and Central America, representing multiple jurisdictions. It is the successor to SCOBA, and it is not, properly speaking, a synod. The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America is one of several such bodies around the world which operate in the so-called "diaspora." Recently featured: Raphael Morgan, Holy Week, Georges Florovsky, Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria, Paschal Homily, Pachomius the Great. View all featured articles.

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