Martyr
Phocas
A martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
Life
Holy Martyr Phocas is commemorated on 2 August in the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style). The synaxarion on saint.gr says that no biographical details about him are known and that he is simply recorded as a saint of the Church. 2 August is also the day of the finding and translation of the relics of the Protomartyr Stephen.
Commemorated the same day August 2
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