Martyr
Chrysanthus
A martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
Life
Holy Martyr Chrysanthus is commemorated on 4 January (new style) in the Greek synaxarion, together with Holy Martyr Euphemia.
The two suffered for faith in Christ, but no details of their lives have survived. A verse says that Chrysanthus blossoms like a very sweet fruit, more precious than gold.
Commemorated the same day January 4
ApollosApostle · Apostle of the SeventyJan 4
Symeon of JerusalemHieromartyr · Bishop of JerusalemJan 4
EpaphroditusApostle · Envoy of the Church of PhilippiJan 4
CleopasApostle · Disciple on the road to EmmausJan 4
Andronicus of PannoniaApostle · Bishop of PannoniaJan 4
EpaphrasApostle · Companion of the Apostle PaulJan 4
EvodiusApostle · Bishop of AntiochJan 4
Apelles of SmyrnaApostle · Bishop of HeracleaJan 4
AchaicusApostle · Of CorinthJan 4
AmpliatusApostle · Greeted by the Apostle PaulJan 4
Crispus of CorinthApostle · Bishop of ChalcedonJan 4
Quartus of BerytusApostle · Bishop of BeirutJan 4