Martyr
Isidore
A martyr of the Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Feast
- December 7old style December 20
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Isidore died a martyr's death together with Leo and Acepsimas. The time and place of their death are unknown and the life of the saints has not been preserved. Their commemoration appears twice in calendars.
On 4 October it stands in the Typikon of the Great Church, in the Synaxarion of the Church of Constantinople (with the specification ἐν Ποταμοῖς, that is, "in the rivers") and in other calendars and menaia. On 7 December the commemoration of Isidore, Leo and Acepsimas and a couplet in their honour stand in the Greek verse synaxaria (for example in a manuscript of 1295), in the printed Greek Menaion (Venice, 1595) and in the Synaxaristes of Saint Nikodemos the Hagiorite. There it is said that the martyrs died in fire.
He is commemorated on 7 December (20 December, new style), according to the Greek calendar. He is not included in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Commemorated the same day December 7
Ambrose of MilanSaint · Bishop of MilanDec 7
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