Saint
Christopher
A saint named Christopher, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Feast
- November 9old style November 22
- Era
- unknown
Life
Saint Christopher is commemorated on 9 November (new style, the Greek calendar) together with Saint Maura. The synaxarion says that both received martyrdom by the sword. A verse shows that Maura, struck with the sword, darkened deceit, and that Christopher, cut down, sees the light of Christ.
Place, time and other details of their lives are not preserved.
Commemorated the same day November 9
Nektarios of AeginaSaint · Metropolitan of PentapolisNov 9
Symeon MetaphrastesVenerable · Byzantine hagiographerNov 9_-_John_Kolobos.jpg)
John the DwarfVenerable · Desert FatherNov 9.jpg)
Antoninus of ApameaMartyrNov 9- Agrippinus of NaplesSaint · Bishop of NaplesNov 9
Onesiphorus and PorphyryHoly MartyrsNov 9
Alexander of ThessalonikiHieromartyr · Archbishop of ThessalonicaNov 9_-_%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0_03092_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0.png)
Theoctiste of LesbosVenerableNov 9_%D0%B2_%D1%82%D1%8E%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B5.jpg)
Parthenius BryanskikhHieromartyr · Bishop of AnanyivNov 9.jpg)
Matrona of ConstantinopleVenerableNov 9.jpg)
Onesiphorus the ConfessorVenerable · Monk of the Kiev CavesNov 9- AedhnatSaintNov 9