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November 9:

St. Nektarios of Pentapolis

Martyrs Onesiphorus and Porphyrius of Ephesus; Saint Matrona, Abbess of Constantinople; Saint Theoctiste of the Isle of Lesbos; Martyr Alexander of Thessaloniki; Martyr Anthony of Apameia; Saint John the Short of Egypt; Saints Eustolia and Sosipatra of Constantinople; Saint Simeon Metaphrastes ("the Translator"); Saint Onesiphorus the Confessor of the Kiev Caves; Saints Euthymius and Neophytus the Serbians of Mount Athos, co-founders of Dochiariou Monastery; Saint Nektarios Kephalas, Metropolitan of Pentapolis, Wonder-worker; Martyrs Narses and Artemonos; Saint Helladius, monk; Saints Christopher and Maura; Saint Benignos, Bishop of Armagh and Hermit of Meare; icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "She Who is Quick to Hear"



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