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Today's feastsMay 18:Martyrs Peter of Lampsacus, Andrew, Paul, Dionysia, and Christina, under Decius (ca.249-251); Martyrs Heraclius, Paulinus, and Benedimus of Athens (ca.249-251); Martyr Euphrasia of Nicaea (ca.303); Martyr Galactia; Martyr Julian; Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra, and with him eight virgin-martyrs: Alexandra, Tecusa, Claudia, Phaine (Thaïna), Euphrasia, Theodota, Matrona, and Julia (304); Martyr Dioscorus, in Cynopolis of Egypt (305); Martyrs Symeon, Isaac, and Bachtisius of Persia (339) (see also May 16 - Greek); Hieromartyr Potamon (Palæmon), Bishop of Heraclea in Egypt, and Confessor (340); The Holy clergy and lay martyrs massacred under Emperor Valens (364-378); Martyrs David and Tarechan, of Georgia (693); Patriarch Stephen the New of Constantinople (893) (see also May 17 - Slavonic); Saint Anastaso of Leukadion (Anastasia of Laucation), near the Bithinian sea-shore; Saint Martinian of Areovinthus (Areobindus, Areovinchus), monk of the church of the Theotokos of the Areovinthus quarter, Constantinople; Venerable Stephanos the Chorabyte; Martyr Venantius of Camerino (250); Hieromartyr Felix, Bishop of Spoleto, in Umbria (304); Hieromartyr Pope John I of Rome (526); Hieromartyr Pope Theodore I of Rome (649); Martyr Merililaun (Merolilaun), a pilgrim murdered near Rheims and venerated as a martyr (8th c.); Saint Feredarius (Feradach mac Cormaic), Abbot of Iona (ca.880); Saint Elgiva, Widow of King Edmund, Abbess of Shaftesbury and Queen of England (944); Saint John (Gashkevich), Archpriest of Korma (1917); New Hieromartyr Michael, priest (1932); New Hieromartyr Damian (Damjan) Strbac, Jr., priest of Grahovo, Serbia (1940s); New Hieromartyr Basil, priest (1942); Other Commemorations: Translation of the relics of Saint Mildred of Thanet (Mildthryth), Abbess of Minster-in-Thanet (8th c.); Repose of Archimandrite Macarius (Glukharev) of the Altai, missionary to the Altai region in Siberia (1847); Repose of Blessed Philip, founder of the Gethsemane Caves Skete of St. Sergius Lavra (1869).
Featured articleThe 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."
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