December 8 Nativity Fast Ven. Patapius of Thebes (8th c.). Ven. Kirill, Abbot of Chelmogorsk (1378). Holy Apostles of the Seventy: Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, Tychicus, Epaphroditus, Cæsar, and Onesiphorus (1st c.). Holy 362 Martyrs of Africa, martyred by the Arians (477). Martyr Anthusa, at Rome (5th c.). SAINT PATAPIUS Saint Patapius was born at Thebes into a pious Christian family. Reaching the age of maturity, he scorned the vanities of