St. Cyril

1.Cretan bishop who at an old age was tortured and killed for his faith under the emperor Decius.
Orthodox nameday: 25/8

2. Priest (4th cent) who was arrested by pagans, who cut open his stomach and ate his intestines.Orthodox nameday: 29/3

3. The nephew of the archbishop of Alexandria Theophilos in the 5th cent. Orthodox nameday: 18/1

4. Born 315. Archbishop of Jerusalem in 350. Supported the poor, and was exiled three times. Wrote many scholarly texts, and died in 386.
Orthodox nameday: 18/3


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