Holy Martyrs
27 Martyrs
A group of twenty-seven martyrs, commemorated together in the Greek synaxarion.
Life
The 27 Martyrs are remembered on 3 May in the Greek Menaion. Our sources mention them only in the list of the saints of the day and do not give their names, the place or the year of their suffering.
Commemorated the same day May 3
James the LessApostle · The ApostleMay 3_icon.jpg)
Theodosius of the CavesVenerable · Abbot of the Kiev Caves LavraMay 3
Juvenal of NarniHieromartyr · First Bishop of NarniMay 3
Ahmed the CalligrapherNew Martyr · Ottoman official of ConstantinopleMay 3
Peter of ArgosSaint · Bishop of ArgosMay 3- Oecumenius of TriccaSaint · Bishop of TriccaMay 3
Xenia of KalamataGreat MartyrMay 3
Primianus of LarinoMartyrMay 3- Gabriel the New MartyrNew MartyrMay 3
- AdalsindisVenerableMay 3
- Aethelwine of LindseySaint · Bishop of LindseyMay 3
- Aldwyn of PartneyVenerableMay 3