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Friday, November 7, 2025 - Holy 33 Martyrs of Melitene

Friday, November 07, 2025
22nd Friday after Pentecost.
7th Friday of Luke
fast day

Readings:

• Colossians 4.10-18 (Epistle)
• Luke 12.2-12 (Gospel)

Psalter:

• Kathisma 19, Kathisma 20 (Matins)
• Kathisma 18 (Vespers)

On this day the Church remembers:

• 33 Holy Martyrs of Melitene (3rd c.)
• Venerable Lazarus the Wonderworker of Mt. Galesius Near Ephesus (1053)
• Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Vorboz
• Finding of the relics of the Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Novoezersk (Vologdá—1649)
• Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra (303)
• Martyr Melasippus with his wife and son at Ancyra (363)
• Martyr Karina with her husband and son at Ancyra (363)
• Martyr Antoninus with his parents at Ancyra (363)
• 40 Martyred Children converted by the Martyrdom of Melasippus
• Martyr Auctus at Amphipolis in Macedonia
• Martyr Taurion at Amphipolis in Macedonia
• Martyr Thessalonica at Amphipolis in Macedonia
• St Theodotus of Ancyra
• Martyr Eugene of Melitene
• Martyr Theodotus of Melitene

Hymns:

• 33 Holy Martyrs of Melitene (3rd c.)
• Venerable Lazarus the Wonderworker of Mt. Galesius Near Ephesus (1053)
• Martyr Eugene of Melitene
• Martyr Theodotus of Melitene