4th of July

On the 4th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of our Holy Father ANDREW of Jerusalem, Archbishop of CRETE; the Holy Hieromartyr THEODORE, Bishop of CYRENE, and his companions; the Venerable MARTHA, Mother of Symeon Stylites of the Wonderful Mountain; Saint MICHAEL CHONIATES, Metropolitan of ATHENS; Saint ANDREW, Prince of BOGOLIUBOVO; the Venerable ANDREI RUBLEV; the Holy Passion-Bearers Tsar NICHOLAS II, Tsaritsa ALEXANDRA, Tsarevich ALEXIS, the Grand Princesses OLGA, TATIANA, MARIA, and ANASTASIA