Martyr
670 Martyrs
A group of six hundred and seventy martyrs, commemorated together in the Greek synaxarion.
- Feast
- November 25old style December 8
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
The 670 Martyrs are commemorated on 25 November (new style, the Greek calendar). The synaxarion says of them only that they received martyrdom by the sword. A verse gives their number: three times ten twenties of men, to whom seven times ten more are added.
Their names, place and time are not preserved.
Commemorated the same day November 25
Catherine of AlexandriaGreat Martyr · of AlexandriaNov 25
Peter of AlexandriaHieromartyr · Patriarch of AlexandriaNov 25
Seraphim OstroumovHieromartyr · Bishop of SmolenskNov 25- 150 OratorsSaintNov 25
- Alanus of LavaurVenerableNov 25
- Alexander VershinskyHieromartyrNov 25
- Andrew ShershnevHieromartyrNov 25
- Barlaam PopovHieromartyrNov 25
- Basil PariyskyHieromartyrNov 25
- BasilissaSaintNov 25
- Bernold of OttobeurenSaintNov 25
- Cosmas KorotkikhHieromartyrNov 25