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Transfer of the relics of Patriarch Nicephorus of Constantinople. Transferred from Priconnis (now the island of Marmara) to Constantinople 19 years after his death, in 846. His memory is June 2. St. torment. Alexander the Presbyter Saint Alexander was a presbyter in the city of Pidna (now Kitros, 30 versts from Thessaloniki). Shining with piety, through his preaching and life he converted many from idolatry to Christ. During the persecution, Emperor Maximian, who was there, demanded that Alexander sacrifice to idols, but Alexander overturned the table with the sacrifices and trampled underfoot the statue of the pagan god. The angry king ordered his beheading, but allowed the inhabitants of Thessalonica to take and bury the body of the martyr. Celebration of the Moldavian Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary This St. The icon is located in the Gerbovetsky Assumption Monastery, in the Bessarabia province. She became famous in 1793. The icon depicts the Mother of God with the Baby Jesus, who sits on Her right hand and holds His hand at His head.