Saint Kyriakos, Patriarch of Constantinople.
Kyriakos was steward of the Great Church of Constantinople and was elected Patriarch in 595, succeeding Saint John the Faster. He governed the Church in the reigns of Maurice and Phocas and built a church of the Theotokos in the Diakonissa quarter.
He reposed in peace in 606.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Kyriakos of Constantinople is commemorated on October 27. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on November 9 of the civil calendar.
Also commemorated on October 27
Prokla the Wife of Pilate
Holy Woman, Πρόκλα
Saint Prokla, the wife of Pontius Pilate, who pleaded for the Righteous One.
Capitolina and Erotheis
Holy Woman, Καπετωλίνα και Ερωτηΐς
Holy Martyrs Capitolina and her servant Erotheis of Cappadocia.
Demetrios the New of Basarabov
Venerable, Δημήτριος ο Νέος
Venerable Demetrios the New of Basarabov, patron of Bucharest.
Nestor the Chronicler
Venerable, Νέστωρ ο Χρονογράφος
Venerable Nestor the Chronicler of the Kiev Caves, author of the Primary Chronicle.
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