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Today's feasts July 16 2018: Hieromartyr Athenogenes, Bishop of Heracleopolis, and his ten disciples; Martyrs Paul and two sisters, Chionia (Thea) and Alevtina (Valentina), at Caesaria in Palestine; Martyr Antiochus, physician of Sebaste; Martyr Faustus; Virgin Martyr Julia of Carthage; 1015 Martyrs of Pisidia; Martyr Athenogenes; New-Martyr John of Trnovo; Saint Plechelm, Bishop of Odilienberg; Saint Tenenan, Bishop of Leon; Martyr Hermit Hilier of Jersey. Other events: repose of Fr. Habeeb Kheshy (martyred by Muslims in 1948) and Elder Theodore of Glinsk Hermitage ( July 3 2018: Julian Calendar ) Martyr Hyacinth of Caesarea in Cappadocia; Martyrs Diomedes, Eulampius, Asclepiodotus, and Golinduch, who suffered with Hyacinth; Martyrs Theodotus and Theodota, martyred with Saint Hyacinth; Martyrs Mocius (Mucian) and Mark; Saint Anatolius, Patriarch of Constantinople; Saint Alexander, founder of the Unsleeping Ones; Saint Basil, Bishop of Ryazan and Murom (see also April 12, May 21, June 5, June 10, July 10); Holy Princes Basil and Constantine of Yaroslav; Saint Anatolius, recluse of the Kiev Caves; Saint Anatolius (another) of the Kiev Caves; Saints John and Longinus, Wonder-workers of Yarensk (Solovki); Blessed John of Moscow, Fool-for-Christ; Saint Nicodemus, Abbot of Kazhe-ezersk; Blessed Michael and Thomas, Fools-for-Christ of Solvychegodsk (Vologda); Monk-martyr Gerasimus the New of Carpenision; Saint Germanos, Bishop of the Isle of Man; Venerable Nikodemos of Kozhe Lake; Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos the "Milk-Giver" of Chilandar Monastery on Mount Athos; translation of the relics of Hieromartyr Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow; repose of Righteous Nun Euphrosyne the "Unknown" 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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