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Dear Pat, I confess that today's investigation has been superficial and confined to consulting the current 1999 ecclesiastical calendars for the Russian and Greek Churches. Both concur that 1st. August commemorates the seven "Macchabean" martyrs mentioned in 2 Macchabees 7, with the names I sent earlier of their mother Solomonina/Solomonia and their tutor Eleazar and the seven young men. Mattathias and his sons, in distinction from the Roman commemoration on 1st. August, are commemorated on 1st. October. The entries read: "SS. Mattathias and the Macchabees: Judas, Jonathan, Simon, John, Simon. Onias, Eleazar & Onis." Sorry that this is becoming murkier rather than clearer. Fr Ambrose %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%