Saint
Dometius
A saint honoured in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Feast
- December 7old style December 20
- Era
- unknown
Life
Saint Dometius is commemorated on 7 December (new style, the Greek calendar). The synaxarion says of him only that he received martyrdom by the sword. A verse bids Dometius, the martyr of Christ, to give his head and receive a great crown.
Place, time and other details are not preserved.
Commemorated the same day December 7
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Sabinus of SpoletoHieromartyr · Bishop of SpoletoDec 7
Anthony of SiyaVenerable · Founder of Antonievo-Siysky MonasteryDec 7
Aemilianus the PhysicianMartyr · Physician and confessor of AfricaDec 7
Nil of StolobnyVenerable · Founder of the Stolobny hermitageDec 7
Philofteia of Curtea de ArgeșVenerable Martyr · Patron of Curtea de ArgeșDec 7- Gregory of GornjakVenerableDec 7
John the Faster of the Kiev CavesVenerable · Monk of the Kiev CavesDec 7- Mastridia of AlexandriaVenerableDec 7
Sergius GoloshchapovHieromartyr · ArchpriestDec 7- Gregory the HesychastVenerable · Hesychast monk of AthosDec 7
- Romanus of SinaiSaint · Monk of SinaiDec 7