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The Fifth Day of the Month of December

Menologion

• Commemoration of the monks of Karyes martyred by the Latins
• Ven. Karion (Cyrion) and his son Zachariah of Egypt (4th cen.)
• Martyr Anastasius
• St. Gurias, archbishop of Kazan (1563)
• St. Nectarius the Bulgarian of Bitol (on Mt. Athos - 1500)
• St. Philotheus of Karyes Skete on Mt. Athos
• St. Nicetius, bishop of Tier (Gaul)
• Martyr Diogenes
• Martyr Abercius
• Martyr Nonnus, monk
• St. Gratus, monk
• Our Holy and Godbearing Father Sabbas the Sanctified
• St. Cawrdaf

Troparion of St. Sabbas the Sanctified Tone 1

Sanctified from youth, O righteous Sabbas,/ thou wast a summit of righteousness equal to the Angels./ Thou didst lead a heavenly life, and guide thy flock to godliness by word and deed./ And they cry to thee with faith:/ Glory to Him Who has strengthened thee; glory to Him Who has crowned thee;/ glory to Him Who through thee works healings for all.

Troparion of St. Cawrdaf Tone 8

O Father Cawrdaf, spurning the transitory glory of temporal power,/ thou didst flee from the world to serve God in monastic seclusion./ Wherefore, O righteous one, pray that we, following thy example by serving God rather than self,/ may be found worthy of eternal salvation.

Kontakion of St. Sabbas the Sanctified Tone 8

Thou wast offered to God from childhood as a blameless sacrifice,/ as one dedicated to Him before birth, O blessed Sabbas,/ thou adornment of the righteous and blessed dweller in the desert./ Wherefore I cry to thee: Rejoice.

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• St. Savvas Iconogram
• Holy Hierarch Guriy, Archbishop of Kazan
• Russian Icons
• Prologue From Ochrid by St Nikolai Velimirovich
• OCA - Lives of all saints commemorated on this day
• OCA - Troparia and Kontakia
• Mesyatseslov of Saints Lives (Russian)

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