Martyr
Aza
A martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Feast
- October 21old style November 3
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Aza is known from the synaxaria only by the day of his commemoration and by the fact that he suffered martyrdom by burning.
The Greek synaxaria commemorate him on 21 October and on 15 November; the present calendar of the Russian Church shows him on 3 November, in the new style.
Commemorated the same day October 21
Hilarion the GreatVenerable · Hermit of GazaOct 21
Viator of LyonSaintOct 21
Hilarion of MeglenSaint · Bishop of MeglenOct 21
Dasius, Gaius and ZoticusHoly Martyrs · Martyrs of NicomediaOct 21
Paulin KroshechkinHieromartyr · Archbishop of MogilevOct 21
Visarion SaraiVenerable MartyrOct 21
Sophronius of CioaraVenerable · Defender of Orthodoxy in TransylvaniaOct 21
Jacob of OmuchVenerableOct 21
Neophytus OsipovVenerable Martyr · ArchimandriteOct 21
Theophilus of LugaVenerable · Founder of Omuch HermitageOct 21
Pelagia TestovaNew MartyrOct 21
Damian VoskresenskyHieromartyr · Archbishop of Kursk and OboyanOct 21