On the 3rd of the month, we keep the Memory of the Holy and Righteous SYMEON the ‘GOD-RECEIVER’ (Theodochos) and of the Prophetess ANNA; the Holy Martyr BLAISE the GRAZIER; the Holy New Martyrs STAMATIUS, JOHN and NICOLAS, who suffered on the island of CHIOS in 1822; our Father among the Saints NICOLAS, Archbishop of JAPAN; Saint ASKAR, Bishop of HAMBURG and Apostle of SCANDINAVIA; our Holy Father JAMES, Archbishop of SERBIA
St. Nicolas of Japan