Martyr
Glycon
A martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Feast
- October 26old style November 8
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Glycon is commemorated on 26 October (new style, the Greek calendar). The synaxarion says of him only that he received martyrdom by the sword. A verse says that the martyr offered his neck to the sword and poured out his blood to Christ as a sweet libation; the name Glycon means sweet.
Place, time and other details are not preserved.
Commemorated the same day October 26
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