On the 7th of the month, we observe the SYNAXIS of the Venerable and Illustrious PROPHET, FORERUNNER and BAPTIST of the Lord, JOHN; translation of the precious relic of the right hand of the Forerunner from Antioch to Constantinople, in the reign of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus and Romanus II Lecapenus (956-7); Memory of the Holy New Martyr ATHANASIUS of ATTALIA, who suffered at Smyrna in 1700; our Venerable Father CEDD, Abbot LASTINGHAM
