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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Cyriacus of Tomis

A martyr of Tomis, the ancient city on the Black Sea, commemorated with Paul.

Feast
June 20old style July 3
Era
4th century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Cyriacus of Tomis is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on 20 June (new style), together with Paul, as martyrs of Tomis, the ancient city on the Pontus Euxinus (today Constanța, in Dobruja). The martyrology gives no other details about them.

Cyriacus is counted among the martyrs of the first Christian centuries of Dobruja, a saint of the undivided Church. The name Cyriacus comes from Greek and means “of the Lord”, that is, dedicated to God.

Commemorated the same day June 20