On the 2nd of the month, we celebrate the Memory of our Holy Father NICEPHORUS the CONFESSOR, Patriarch of Constantinople; our Holy Father NICEPHORUS, Bishop of MILET; the Holy Hieromartyr ERASMUS of OCHRID, who died in peace, and of his TWENTY THOUSAND Companions, slain by the sword; the Holy New Martyr JOHN the NEW of SUCEAVA; the Holy New Martyr DEMETRIUS of PHILADELPHIA; the Holy New Martyr CONSTANTINE, the converted Muslim; the Holy Hieromartyr PHOTINUS (POTHINUS), Bishop of LYONS
St. Nicephorus the Confessor