Saint Abigail was born in County Clare, Other names of the saint are Gobnait (Gobnet, Gobhnet, Gobnaid, Gobnata, or Gobnatae). Gobnait is Irish for Abigail (“Brings Joy”).
As the patron saint of beekeepers, her name also has been anglicized as Deborah, meaning “Honey Bee.”

Ivan Rilski, was born around 876 in Skrino, situated in the folds of the Osogovo Mountain near the Struma River (near the town of Dupnitsa). He was a contemporary of Prince Boris (852-889) and his son Vladimir, King Simeon the Great and King Peter. By the age of 25, he was a shepherd. From a fragile age in the soul of Ivan began to develop and sustain the religious faith. At that time churches and monasteries were built throughout Bulgaria.

The Tenderness Icon of the Mother of God “the Umilenie (Умиление) ” of Seraphim-Diveevskaya belonged to St. Seraphim of Sarov, was his cell icon.

St. Zlata displayed a firm faith in Christ and was both chaste and beautiful. A certain Turk was obsessed with her
Once when Zlata went out to get water, the Turks seized her and took her to their home. When one of them urged her to become a Muslim and be his wife, Zlata replied: "I believe in Christ, and Him alone do I know as my Bridegroom. From Him, I will not deny, even if I am broken into pieces.