23rd of August

On the 23rd of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Martyr LUPUS; the Holy Hieromartyr IRENAEUS, Bishop of LYONS; the Holy Hieromartyr IRENAEUS, Bishop of SIRMIUM, and of his companions OR and OROPSIS, slain by the sword; the Holy Martyrs SEVERUS and MEMNON the Centurion, and the THIRT-EIGHT Martyrs of THRACE; our Holy Father CALLINICUS. Patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE; the Venerable Nicolas of SICILY, who practiced ascesis on Mount NEOTAX on the Island of EUBOEA