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Today we celebrate the priestly-martyr Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata. St. Eusebius was a great defender against the Arian heresy.

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Today we celebrate the Holy Martyr Theodotus and the Holy Seven Virgins Tecusa, Phaine, Claudia, Matrona, Julia, Alexandra, and Euphrasia.

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Today we celebrate the Holy Apostle Zaccheus, who wanted so badly to see the Lord, that he climbed a tree to see Him.

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Today we celebrate the meeting of Our Lord with Simeon and Anna. Both of them had longed for the coming of the Messiah. Both had prayed in the temple day after day. Both had a hope because of the promise God made many many years earlier to their ancestors.

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Today we celebrate the Venerable Macarius the Great. Macarius was a younger contemporary of St. Anthony the Great.

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Today we celebrate the feast of the holy innocents, when Herod slaughtered boys 2 and under in Bethlehem in a murderous attempt to prevent the "future king" he'd heard of from taking over his throne.

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Today we celebrate the holy, great-martyr Catherine.

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Today we celebrate the Hieromartyr Acepsimas, Bishop of Naeson and others with him.

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Today we celebrate the Holy Martyr Nestor. St. Nestor was from Thessolonica and converted to the faith after meeting St. Demetrius.

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Today we celebrate the Holy Apostle Thomas. St. Thomas is known as Doubting Thomas, because he did not believe his fellow apostles when they told him that Jesus had risen from the dead and appeared to them.

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