Holy Confessors
Confessors of Edessa
Confessors of the faith at Edessa, commemorated together in the Orthodox calendar.
- Feast
- August 25old style September 7
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Edessa
- Order
- Confessors
Life
The Confessors of Edessa are the Christians of Edessa, the ancient city of Mesopotamia (today Urfa), who confessed faith in Christ in time of persecution. They are commemorated together in the Orthodox calendar.
The sources at hand do not preserve their names, number or the details of their confession. Edessa, a city of the Syriac Church, had many martyrs and confessors in the first centuries.
Commemorated the same day August 25
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Patricia of NaplesSaintAug 25- John II the CappadocianSaint · Patriarch of ConstantinopleAug 25
- John of KarpathosVenerable · Bishop of KarpathosAug 25
- Eulogius of EdessaConfessor · Bishop of EdessaAug 25
- Genesius of BrescelloSaint · Bishop of BrescelloAug 25
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