Martyr Lucian the Presbyter of Antioch
The Hieromartyr Lucian, Presbyter of Antioch, was born in the Syrian city of Samosata. At twelve years of age he was left orphaned. Lucian distributed his possessions to the poor, and went to the city…
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Forefeast of Lifting of the Holy Cross; + Commemoration of the Founding of the Church of the Resurrection at Jerusalem; Hieromartyrs Cornelius the Centurion and Cyprian, bishop of Carthage; +) Ven. John of Prislop; Martyrs of Dobrogea: Macrobius, Gordian, Elias, Zoticus, Lucian and Valerian
1. The Dedication of the Temple of the Resurrection of Christ at Jerusalem celebrates the dedication of the Church of the Resurrection, built by Saint Constantine the Great and his mother, the empress Helen. After…