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Today: Hieromartyr Zenobius and His Sister Zenobia · Fast day · Readings and saints

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Hieromartyr Zenobius and His Sister Zenobia; Holy Apostle Cleopas; St Joseph I, Patriarch of Constantinople (1283)

Today the Church remembers Hieromartyr Zenobius and His Sister Zenobia. Also commemorated is Holy Apostle Cleopas.