Holy Martyrs
73 Martyrs
Seventy-three martyrs, honored together in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Feast
- February 23old style March 8
- Reposed
- 3034th century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
The 73 Martyrs are remembered on 23 February, on the same day as the Hieromartyr Polycarp of Smyrna. They suffered in the city of Sirmium, in the time of the Emperor Diocletian (284-305), in the year 303. Their names are not preserved in our sources.
Commemorated the same day February 23
Polycarp of SmyrnaHieromartyr · Bishop of SmyrnaFeb 23.jpg)
Matrona of MoscowFool-for-ChristFeb 23
Serenus of SirmiumMartyr · Gardener, martyr of SirmiumFeb 23_-_%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0_11032_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80.png)
Alexander the UnsleepingVenerable · Founder of the Unsleeping OnesFeb 23
GorgoniaRighteous · Sister of Gregory the TheologianFeb 23
John TheristisVenerable · Monk in CalabriaFeb 23
PolychroniusSaint · Bishop of BabylonFeb 23- John, Antiochus, Antoninus and MosesVenerable · Syrian hermitsFeb 23
- Polycarp of BryanskVenerable · Founder of the Transfiguration MonasteryFeb 23
- ZebinasVenerable · Syrian hermitFeb 23
- PolychroniusVenerable · Hermit of SyriaFeb 23
- AntoninusVenerableFeb 23