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Apostle Bartholomew

Apostle Barnabas

Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas; Venerable Barnabas, Abbot of Vetluga; Martyr Theopemptus and four others; Saint Metrophanes Chi Sung and the martyrs of the Boxer Rising (see also June 10); commemoration of the appearance of Archangel Gabriel to a monk on Mount Athos, and the revelation by the angel of the hymn "It is truly meet" (Axion estin); Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos Axion Estin; repose of Righteous recluse Melania of Eletz and Zadonsk; translation of the relics of Saint Arcadius, monk of Vyazma and Novotorzhk; opening of the relics of Saint Ephraim, Abbot and Wonder-worker of Novotorzhk (see also January 28); Saint Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky), Bishop and Wonderworker of Simferopol and Crimea.



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