8th of April

On the 8th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Apostles HERODION, AGABUS, RUFUS. PHLEGON and ASYNCRITUS; our Holy Father CELESTINE, Pope of ROME; the Holy New Martyr JOHN NAUKLIROS (‘the Navigator’), who was burned alive on KOS, in 1669; Saint NIPHON, Bishop of NOVGOROD