Jan 28 2025 22 mins 3
On the 29th of the month, we commemorate the TRANSLATION of the RELICS of the Holy Hieromartyr IGNATIUS the GODBEARER; the SEVEN MARTYRS of SAMOSATA: HYPERECHIUS, PHILOTHEUS, JAMES the Priest, ABIBUS, JULIAN, ROMANUS and PAREGORIUS; the Holy Martyrs SARBELUS and his sister BEBAIA at EDESSA; our Holy Father APHRAHAT the Persian, who died in peace; the Holy New Martyr DEMETRIUS of CHIOS, who was slain by the sword at Constantinople in 1802; Saints GERASIMUS, PITIRIM and JONAH, Bishops of PERM; our Holy Father GILDAS of RHUYS in Brittany; the holy Hieromartyr JOHN Pettai of VALGA in Estonia
