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Hieromartyr

Socrates of Ancyra

Cleric of Ancyra, martyred for the faith of Christ.

Feast
October 21old style November 3
Era
unknown
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Hieromartyr Socrates of Ancyra was a priest and suffered together with the martyr Theodota in the time of Emperor Alexander Severus (about 222-235).

The sources consulted preserve no account of their suffering. The saint is commemorated on 3 November, according to the Greek calendar, in the new style; he is not included in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Commemorated the same day October 21