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Saturday, May 25, 2013

All troparia and kontakia · All lives of saints

Third Finding of the Honorable Head of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John

Third Finding of the Honorable Head of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John

The Third Discovery of the Venerable Head of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John occurred in about the year 850 (see the account of the First and Second Discoveries on February 24). The head of St John the Forerunner was found in the city of Emesia during a time of unrest at…

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Hieromartyr Therapon the Bishop of Cyprus

Hieromartyr Therapon the Bishop of Cyprus

The Hieromartyr Therapon, Bishop of Cyprus, lived a life of asceticism in a monastery, and afterwards he served as a bishop on the island of Cyprus. At the time of the persecution under Diocletian (284-305), St Therapon bravely confessed the name of Christ and died a martyric death. The relics of…

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Hieromartyr Urban the Pope of Rome

No information on the life of this saint is available at this time.

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Icon of the Mother of God “the Helper of the sinners” from Koretsk

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