Martyr
Ten Thousand Martyrs
A multitude of ten thousand martyrs, commemorated together in the Greek synaxarion.
Life
The Ten Thousand Martyrs are a multitude of martyrs commemorated together on 13 June, who suffered by the sword.
The verse of the synaxarion says that ten thousand men, fallen by the sword, are victorious, for the host of God, even when it falls, conquers. One calendar commemorates Aquilina (a martyr in the year 239), Theodore and the other ten thousand. Their names, the place and other details are not preserved. Their commemoration follows the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style).
Commemorated the same day June 13
Aquilina of ByblosMartyr · Child martyr of ByblosJun 13
Triphyllius of LedraSaint · Bishop of Ledra in CyprusJun 13
Alexandra MelgunovaVenerable · Founder of the Diveevo communityJun 13
Andronicus of MoscowVenerable · First abbot of Andronikov MonasteryJun 13- Sava of MoscowVenerable · Abbot of Andronikov MonasteryJun 13
- Antipater of BostraSaint · Metropolitan of BostraJun 13
- Alexis ArkhangelskyHieromartyr · PriestJun 13
- Andronicus of RadonezhVenerableJun 13
- Anna of BithyniaVenerableJun 13
- AventinMartyrJun 13
- Branko BilanovićNew Martyr · Martyr of Žitomislić MonasteryJun 13
- Cairell of Tir RoisSaintJun 13