Orthodox saints and name days on April 14

Name days on April 14

Martin, Martinos, Thomais, Thomai

Saints and feasts of April 14

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  Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome

  Hierarch, Μαρτίνος

  St. Martin, Pope of Rome, was one of the great confessors of the seventh century. When the Monothelite heresy, supported by the imperial court, denied the fullness of Christ's human will, Martin gathered a council at the Lateran which condemned the error. The emperor's men seized the ailing pope, brought him in chains to Constantinople, and after a humiliating trial banished him to distant Cherson.

  Name days: Martin, Martinos

• Thomais of Alexandria

  Holy Woman, Θωμαΐς

  Thomais was a young married woman of Alexandria in the fifth century, raised in piety. Her father-in-law, inflamed with passion, attempted to force her while her husband was away, and when she resisted he killed her with a sword.

  Name days: Thomais, Thomai

• Ardalion the Actor

  Martyr, Αρδαλίων ο Μίμος

  Ardalion was a mime who, during a performance mocking the Christian martyrs, was suddenly moved by grace and declared before the theatre that he truly believed in Christ. The audience thought it part of the play until he repeated his confession in earnest.

• Demetrios the Peloponnesian

  Martyr, Δημήτριος ο Πελοποννήσιος

  Demetrios was born in the Peloponnese and as a boy, in the service of a Turkish master, was induced to accept Islam. Coming to himself, he repented bitterly and, after preparation on Mount Athos and elsewhere, returned to confess Christ openly before the judge at Tripolitsa.

• Anthony, John and Eustathius of Vilnius

  Martyr, Αντώνιος, Ιωάννης και Ευστάθιος

  Anthony and John were brothers at the court of the Grand Duke of Lithuania who embraced Christianity and refused to observe pagan customs; their kinsman Eustathius followed them. All three were imprisoned and tortured for their faith.

• Christodoulos and Anastasia of Achaia

  Saint, Χριστόδουλος και Αναστασία

  Christodoulos and Anastasia are honoured with a company of Christians who were put to death by the Turks in the Peloponnese at the outbreak of the Greek revolution in 1821, refusing to deny their faith.

• Monk-Martyrs of Daou Penteli

  Saint, Οσιομάρτυρες Νταού Πεντέλης

  The Monastery of Daou on Mount Penteli near Athens was attacked by pirates who, tradition relates, slaughtered the entire brotherhood of one hundred and seventy-nine monks during the years of Ottoman rule.