Zacharias

Holy Venerable Martyr Zacharias is commemorated on 21 October (new style, the Greek calendar). The synaxarion says of him only that he received martyrdom by drowning in the sea. A verse says that he set out upon the paths of the sea toward those of heaven.

The source notes that this Zacharias is not the same as the one commemorated on 22 October, who also died drowned in the sea. The two are distinguished by their verse and by their title: one is called a venerable martyr, the other a martyr. Place, time and further details are not preserved.