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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Saint

Dioscorus of Alexandria

Christian of Alexandria, venerated as a saint, who died between the years 250 and 305.

Feast
May 18old style May 31
Reposed
3054th century
Place
Alexandria

Life

Holy Martyr Dioscorus of Alexandria died in Egypt, in the time of Diocletian, between the years 250 and 305, because he was a Christian and preached the Gospel of God. According to the Greek synaxarion he suffered at Cynopolis in Egypt in the year 305.

The sources say no more about his life. The name Dioscorus means in Greek “son of Zeus”, but the saint bore it as a servant of Christ.

Commemorated the same day May 18