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Our holy father, Metrophanes, Patriarch of Constantinople, suffered imprisonment in the persecution under Diocletian, Emperor. He died A.D. 325 in the reign of Constantine the Great, Emperor.

St. Dorotheus, Priest-Martyr, Bishop of Tyre, suffered banishment under Julian the Apostate A.D. 362 being 107 years of age.

Our venerable father, Bessarion, wonderworker, because of his virtues and miracles the Greek writers compare him with Moses, Elias, and others of the Prophets.  He is thought to have died before A.D. 400.

Venerable, Hilary, the “Newer,” monk in Dalmatia.  He suffered exile for his resistance to the Iconoclasts.  He died A.D. 864.

Heb 11:32-12:2a
Mt 10:32-33, 37-38 & 19:27-30

Translation of the Relics of St. Theodore the Great Martyr.  (For the other Feast of this Saint see the 8th day of February.)

Our holy father, Ephrem, Patriarch of Antioch.

Our holy father, Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria.  (For the other Feast of this Saint see the 18th day of January.)

SS. Thecla, Martha, and Mary, Martyrs, suffered in Persia A.D. 315 in the reign of the Emperor Constantine.

St. Timothy, Priest-Martyr, Bishop of Prusia in Bithynia (Asia Minor), suffered death in the persecution under Julian the Apostate A.D. 362.

Alexander and Antonina, Martyrs.

SS. Bartholomew and Barnabas, Apostles. Bartholomew is thought by many to be Nathanael, the "Israelite without guile" of St. John's Gospel. He suffered death in Greater Armenia. His relics are enshrined in his church in Rome. (Confer August 25.) Barnabas was one of the SS. Seventy disciples. He labored with St. Paul of Antioch, Seleucia, etc., and is said to have been stoned to death by the Jews on the Isle of Cyprus.

Our venerable father, Onuphrius the Great, Hermit, lived alone for sixty years in the desert of Thebes.  He died about A.D. 345 in the reign of Constantius.

Our venerable father, Peter of Athos.

St. Aquilina, Martyr, suffered death A.D. 117 under the Emperor Trajan.

St. Trephillus, Bishop of Levkusia in Cyprus, suffered at the hands of the Arians especially because of his loyalty to St. Athanasius.  He died about A.D. 370.

Rom 2:10-16
Mt 4:18-23

St. Amos, Prophet, was the father of Isaiah, the Prophet.  Tradition says he was scourged and his temples pierced with an iron spike in the 8th century B.C.

Venerable, Jerome, born at Stridonium in Dalmatia, was one of the most learned doctors.  He studied at Rome, visited centers of learning in Gaul and Greece, retired into the Desert of Syria for study and prayer, was ordained a priest at Rome, became confidant and advisor of Pope St. Damasus, and finally settled in Bethlehem.  He died A.D. 420.  He compiled the “Vulgate” edition of the Bible which is used even now.

Translation of the Relics of our father, Theodore “Sykeot” A.D. 613 in the reign of the Emperor Heracleus.  (For the other Feast of this Saint see the 22nd day of April.)

St. Tychon, wonderworker, Bishop of Amathunsa, was conspicious for his detestation of idolatry and his care of the poor. He died about A.D. 450.

SS. Manuel, Sabel, and Ishmael, Persian Martyrs, Christians, sent by their King, Baitan, to negotiate peace with the Emperor Julian, the Apostate.  Tradition has it that Julian had them arrested, condemned, beheaded, and their bodies burned A.D. 362.

SS. Isaurus, Basil, Innocent, Jeremias, and others, having concealed themselves in a cave at Appolonia in Macedonia in the 3rd century persecution, on being discovered were tortured and beheaded.

St. Leontius, Martyr, suffered torture and death for Christ in Tripoli in Phoenicia about A.D. 76 in the reign of Vespasian, Emperor.

St. Jude, Apostle, brother of St. James, the Less, and thus related to our Lord Jesus, was one of the Twelve, called also Thaddaeus, preached in Mesopotamia and with St. Simon in Persia.  Both suffered martyrdom together in Persia.

St. Zosimus, Martyr, was beheaded for the Faith at Spoleto in Italy under Trajan, Emperor about A.D. 110.

St. Methodius, Priest-Martyr, Bishop of Patara, in the reign of Aurelian A.D. 275.

Rom 5:1-10
Mt 6:22-34

St. Eusebius, Priest-Martyr, Bishop of Samos, contended against the Arians, banished to Thrace but recalled after four years.  Died A.D. 379 or 380.  An Arian woman threw a heavy tile from a roof upon his head, thus killing him.

SS. Galacteon and Juliana, Martyrs.

St. Agrippina, Martyr, endured cruel tortures and death for the faith in the reign of the Emperor Valerian A.D. 256.

Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, the Glorious Prophet, Precursor and the Baptist.

Devotion to the holy precursor of our Lord was very popular in ancient times and throughout the Middle Ages in the Latin Rite Church as well.

St. Febronia, Venerable-Martyr, a young nun in her twentieth year was a victim of the persecution under Diocletian Emperor, A.D. 304 at Sybapolis in Syria.

Our venerable father, David, Hermit, was a native of Mesopotamia, settled in a solitary place near Thessalonica where he served God for seventy years. He lived in about the fifth century.

Our venerable father, Sampson, "Father of the Poor," lived in the time of the Emperor Justinian. He insisted that along with the magnificent Cathedral of Holy Wisdom there should be built a great hospital worthy of its position and of the Imperial prestige.

Rom 6:18-23
Mt 8:5-13

Feast of SS. Peter and Paul, prime Apostles. They suffered at Rome under the Emperor Nero probably A.D. 67.

Synaxis of the holy and most praiseworthy Twelve Apostles.