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Today:
6 August 2026, Thursday
Civil year: 2026. From the creation of the world: 7534.
Until the next major feast12 days
Lives and texts of the day
6 August 2026, Thursday
The Passion of the Holy Martyr Christina
The memory of 24 July In the city of Tyre [Tyre on the island of Volsena (in the present-day Duchy of Tuscany), subsequently, according to legend, seemingly swallowed up by water; others understand the famous city of Tyre in the East, and it should be noted that the memory of St. Christina was especially revered in the East from ancient times.] a man of high birth, named Urvan, who owned the power of the egemon, had a daughter, a young girl, whom he brought up in the early years of his
The life of our reverend father Polycarp, archimandrite of the Caves
Blessed and praiseworthy Polycarp <unk> fruitful by name [Polycarp in translation from Greek means many fruits.] <unk> was also fruitful in his good works; he bore the abundant fruit of which the Heavenly Maker said: "Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains one grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit" (John 12:24) and again, "he who abides in me, and I in him, he bears much fruit".
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