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Today: Ven. Hilarion the Great · Fast day · Readings and saints

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Wednesday of the 21st week after Pentecost

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Commemoration

Ven. Hilarion the Great; Holy New Martyr John of Monembasia (1773); Righteous Philotheus

Today the Church remembers Ven. Hilarion the Great. Also commemorated is Righteous Philotheus.