Saint
Giasemi
the Righteous
A righteous woman commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Feast
- February 4old style February 17
- Era
- unknown
Life
Saint Giasemi the Righteous is a Christian saint of Roman times. She led a devout life and was called "the Righteous" by the synaxarists, an epithet that describes a blameless person who keeps the divine commandments. Her name comes from the plant called iasmos in ancient Greek, that is, jasmine.
She is honoured by the Orthodox and by the Catholic Church on 4 February (new style, the calendar of the Church of Greece). The sources consulted give no data about the place or the time of her life.
Commemorated the same day February 4
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Isidore of PelusiumVenerable · Hermit near PelusiumFeb 4
Theophilus of AdanaSaint · Steward of the Church of AdanaFeb 4
Abraham of ArbelaSaint · Bishop of ArbelaFeb 4
Nicholas the StuditeVenerable · Abbot of the Stoudios MonasteryFeb 4
Cyril of NovoezerskVenerable · Founder of Novoezersk MonasteryFeb 4
Alexei SharovHieromartyr · ArchpriestFeb 4
Catherine of SimbirskVenerable Martyr · Nun at SimbirskFeb 4
John TikhomirovHieromartyr · PriestFeb 4- Anthony of SupraślVenerable MartyrFeb 4
Nicholas PospelovHieromartyr · ArchpriestFeb 4
Methodius KrasnoperovHieromartyr · Bishop of PetropavlovskFeb 4