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		<title>Synaxis of the Three Holy New Martyrs Euthymios, Ignatios, &#038; Akakios (May 1)</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rejoice, my Euthymios, rejoice many times over; For, having been slain, thou hast found the joy on high with a willing heart. I behold Ignatios as another star, Shining from the earth unto the heavens by the way of the noose. Alas! by the sword, men of blood slaughter The illustrious Akakios, like unto a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[CELEBRATED MAY 1st The fair-virgin New Martyr of the Faith, Maria, surnamed Methymopoula,1 was born in Kato Fourni2 of Meramvellou, Crete, of pious and honourable parents. A certain Turko-Albanian gendarme3 became enamoured of this most chaste maiden, and he exerted every effort to entice her into his abominable lust. Yet, the more he strove, the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[The Holy Martyr Philosophos, Perfected by the Sword (+ 252)1 Commemorated on the First of May O Philosophos, blessed in name and in deed, Thou hast truly proven thyself a friend of wisdom. This great martyr of Christ, Philosophos, was from the region of Alexandria, as was related concerning him by Anthony the Great among [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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