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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Neophyta

Christian woman martyred for the faith of Christ.

Feast
September 17old style September 30
Era
unknown
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Neophyta is commemorated on 17/30 September in the Handbook for Clergy published by the Moscow Patriarchate in 1978. The Azbyka page notes that her name has not entered the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church. No life, date or place of suffering is preserved there. She is commemorated on 30 September, in the new style.

Commemorated the same day September 17