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SHOPPER'S DELIGHT

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 31 by Old Calendarists

SAINTS

Martyr Theodotus Of Ancyra , and with him 7 Virgin -martyrs: Alexandra, Tecusa, Claudia, Phaine, Euphraisa, Matrona, and Julia

Martyrs Peter and Dionysius under Decius ; also those who were not martyred but suffered under Decius: Andrew, Paul, Christina, Heraclius, Paulinus, and Benedimus

Martyrs Symeon , Isaac , and Bachtisius of Persia

Martyr Euphrasia Of NIcaea

Martyr Theodota at Ancyra

Martyrs David and Tarechan of Georgia

Martyr Julian

Patriarch Stephen The New Of Constantinople

Hieromartyr Pope Theodore I of Rome

Saint Anastaso of Lukada

Saint Martinian Of Areovinchus , Monk

OTHER COMMEMORATIONS

Repose of Archimandrite Macarius , Missionary to the Altay region in Siberia ( 1847 )

Blessed Philip , founder of the Gethsemane Caves Skete of St. Sergius' Lavra ( 1869 )