+ Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-virgin Mary, the Synaxis of whose Icon called Keeper of the Portal we celebrate.
+ The holy Martyrs Carpus, Bishop of Thyatira, Papylus his deacon, Agathodorus their servant, and Agathonica, sister of Saint Papylus.
+ The holy Martyr Florentius of Thessalonica.
+ The holy Martyr Dioscorus of Skenopolis in Egypt.
+ Our righteous Father Nicetas of Paphlagonia, the Patrician and Confessor.
+ The holy Martyr Benjamin of Persia, the Deacon.
+ The holy Martyr Antigonus.
+ The holy New Martyr Zlata.
+ The holy Martyrs Faustus, Januarius, and Martial of Cordova.
+ Our righteous Father Venantius, Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Martin in Tours.
+ Our righteous Father Benjamin of the Kiev Caves.
+ The holy New Righteous Martyr James of Hamatoura in the Lebanon, who was tortured and beheaded by the Mamelukes in Tripoli in the fifteenth century.
+ Our righteous Father Anthony, Metropolitan of Chqondidi in Georgia, and his disciple James, the Priest-monk.
+ The holy New Hieromartyrs Benjamin, Archimandrite of the Solovki Monastery, and Benjamin, Bishop of Ufa.
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