December 19

December 19  Nativity Fast Martyr Boniface at Tarsus in Cilicia, and Righteous Aglæ (Aglaída) of Rome (290). Ven. Ilya (Elias) of Murom, Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves (Near Caves—1188). Martyrs Elias, Probus, and Ares in Cilicia (308). St. Boniface the Merciful, Bishop of Ferentino (6th c.). St. Gregory, Archbishop of Omirits (ca. 552). SAINT BONIFACE The Holy Martyr Boniface was the slave of a rich young Roman woman named Aglaida