The Church commemorates Saint Emmelia, the mother of Saint Basil the Great, who reposed in the Lord in a monastery, where she was with her daughter Makrina. The Church also commemorates Saint Isaac the Confessor, Abbot of Dalmatian Monastery. Saint Isaac came from Syria and lived under the reign of King Valens, who was a supporter of the heresy of Arianism and an opponent of the Orthodoxy. One of the harsh imperial decisions was the ban on the O…
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