♱Daily Synaxarium ♱Monday August 3, 2026translated

On this day, the Holy Church commemorates:

*The holy fathers Isaac, Faustus, and Dalmatius.*Our venerable father in the saints, Stephen, Bishop of Rome.*Saint Salome the myrrh-bearer.*Saint Theocleta, the wonderworker.*Saint fathers John the Monk and John the New, Archbishop of Ephesus.*The righteous Saint John the Confessor, archbishop Battellaria Monastery.*The righteous Saint Cosmas the eunuch.*The martyr Radjani the Georgian.*The righteous Saint Anthony the Wonderworker.*The martyr Rajdan the Georgian.

✤ Saint John the Confessor, Abbot of the Monastery of Battellaria ✤

It is believed that he glorified God during the time of the Icon Wars, and he is mentioned in the Synaxarium of Constantinople.