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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