Martyr
Simferusa
Christian woman martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Feast
- December 7old style December 20
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Simferusa is commemorated on 20 December (7 December in the old style) in the Handbook for Clergy of 1978, but she is not included in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The sources consulted preserve no life of her, so no other facts of the time and place of her suffering can be given.
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