Parthenius of Lipsi

Saint Parthenius of Lipsi, a venerable martyr, is one of the five venerable martyrs of Lipsi, who received the martyr's end on the island of Lipsi, in the Dodecanese. Parthenius was from Philippopolis (now Plovdiv, Bulgaria) and died in 1696 at the hands of the Turks.

With him are commemorated the monk Neophytus of the island of Amorgos (died 6 April 1558), Jonah of the island of Leros (died 28 February 1561) and Jonah Garbis of the island of Nisyros (died April 1635), all killed by the Turks, and the monk Neophytus (died 8 December 1609), killed by pirates. The Azbyka page gives no further details of their lives.

Saint Parthenius is commemorated on 11 July (a movable date), in the new style, on the Sunday after 10 July.