New Martyr
John of Epirus
A new martyr from Epirus, commemorated in the Greek Orthodox calendar.
- Feast
- October 23old style November 5
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy New Martyr John of Epirus is commemorated in the Greek calendar on 23 October (new style), as John the Epirote, among the saints of this day: the Apostle James, the brother of the Lord, Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople, and the venerable saints Macarius the Roman, Nicephorus, Petronius and James the Russian.
The calendar does not say in which year, in what place or in what manner he suffered. The sources consulted contain no other details of his life; what remains is the name, kept in the list of the new martyrs.
Commemorated the same day October 23
James, Brother of the LordHieromartyr · First Bishop of JerusalemOct 23.jpg)
Ignatius of ConstantinopleSaint · Patriarch of ConstantinopleOct 23.jpg)
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Theodoret of AntiochHieromartyr · Priest of AntiochOct 23
Elisha of LavrishevVenerable · Founder of Lavrishev MonasteryOct 23
Jacob of BorovichiFool-for-Christ · Fool for ChristOct 23
Vladimir AmbartsumovHieromartyr · PriestOct 23- Constantin SârbuHieromartyr · Priest of BucharestOct 23
- Simeon of Volodymyr-VolynskyiVenerable · Bishop of Volodymyr-VolynskyiOct 23
- Aethelflaed of RomseySaintOct 23
- Alexander SolovyovHieromartyrOct 23
Amon of ToulSaint · Bishop of ToulOct 23