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Today's feastsJune 8 2024: Saint Ephraim, Patriarch of Antioch; Saint Zosimas, monk of Phoenicia (Syria); Saint Atre (Athre) of Nitria in Egypt; Saint Naucratius, Abbot of the Studion; Saint Theodore, Bishop of Rostov and Suzdal; New-Martyrs Theophanes and Anastasios, of Constantinople; Saint Theophilus of Luga and Omutch, disciple of Saint Arsenius of Konevits (Valaam); New Hieromartyrs Barlaam and his brother Herman; Martyr Kalliope; Righteous Melania, nun; Martyr Nicander; Martyr Mark; Saint Medardos, Bishop of Vermandois; glorification of Saint John of Kronstadt (see also December 20); translation of the relics of Great-Martyr Theodore Stratelates (see also February 8); finding of the relics of Saints Basil and Constantine, princes of Yaroslavl (see also July 3); translation of the relics of Hieromartyr Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury; translation of the relics of Saint Boisil of Melrose; repose of the righteous sisters Vera and Lyubov, foundresses of Shamordino Convent of Elder Ambrose of Optina (see also June 4)
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Featured articleThe Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America, founded in 2010, consists of all the active Orthodox bishops of North and Central America, representing multiple jurisdictions. It is the successor to SCOBA, and it is not, properly speaking, a synod. The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America is one of several such bodies around the world which operate in the so-called "diaspora."
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