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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Hieromartyr

Athenodorus of Egypt

A cleric of the Church in Egypt who died a martyr for his faith in Christ.

Feast
March 2old style March 15
Era
unknown
Order
Martyrs

Life

Saint Athenodorus of Egypt, Hieromartyr and bishop, suffered in the time of the emperor Constantius II. He is commemorated on 15 March. His name is not included in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.

He is mentioned by Saint Athanasius the Great, Patriarch of Alexandria, in his "Apology for His Flight", and by the church historians who cited that work: Socrates Scholasticus and Blessed Theodoret of Cyrus. According to Athanasius' testimony about the cruelties of the Arians in Alexandria, Athenodorus was exiled in 357 together with many other Orthodox bishops of Egypt, and died either on the road or at the place of exile.

Commemorated the same day March 2