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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Valerius

Feast
April 23old style May 6
Era
unknown
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Valerius is a martyr of the early Christian centuries, who suffered by beheading with the sword for faith in Christ. The sources preserve no other details of his life, nor of the place and time of his martyrdom.

The Greek Synaxarion says in verse that the murderous hand cut off the divine head of Valerius with the sword. He is commemorated on 23 April, according to the new calendar.

Commemorated the same day April 23