Orthodox saints and name days on April 23

Name days on April 23

Georgios, Giorgos, Yiorgos, George, Jordi, Jiri, György, Giorgio, Yorgos, Giorgis, Jorge, Georges, Georgia, Giorgia, Georgina, Georgette, Gogo, Polychronia

Saints and feasts of April 23

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  George the Great Martyr

  Martyr, Γεώργιος ο Μεγαλομάρτυρας

  St. George the Great Martyr and Trophy-Bearer was a Roman officer from Cappadocia who suffered for Christ under the Emperor Diocletian at the beginning of the fourth century. Confessing his faith openly before the emperor, he endured many tortures and was beheaded, and his courage brought many to belief.

  Name days: Georgios, Giorgos, Yiorgos, George, Jordi, Jiri, György, Giorgio, Yorgos, Giorgis, Jorge, Georges, Georgia, Giorgia, Georgina, Georgette, Gogo

• Glykerios the Farmer

  Martyr, Γλυκέριος ο Γεωργός

  Glykerios was a poor farmer whose ox had died and who, tradition relates, was restored to prosperity through the prayer of the Great Martyr George in prison. He confessed Christ openly.

• Anatolios and Protoleon

  Martyr, Ανατόλιος και Πρωτολέων

  Anatolios and Protoleon were officers of the imperial army who witnessed the endurance of the Great Martyr George under torture and the wonders worked through him. They declared themselves Christians before the emperor.

• Athanasios the Magician

  Martyr, Αθανάσιος ο από Μάγων

  Athanasios was a sorcerer summoned by the emperor to overcome the Great Martyr George by poison. When the poison did George no harm, Athanasios fell at his feet and confessed Christ.

• George the Cypriot

  Martyr, Γεώργιος ο Κύπριος

  George was a Cypriot who worked in Ptolemais in Palestine, where a false accusation was brought against him by the Turks. Urged to save himself by embracing Islam, he refused.

• Lazarus of Bulgaria

  Martyr, Λάζαρος ο Βοσκός

  Lazarus was a Bulgarian shepherd who came to work in Asia Minor near Pergamon. Falsely accused by a Turkish woman, he was pressed to accept Islam and refused, confessing Christ under torture.

• Polychronia the Martyr

  Holy Woman, Πολυχρονία

  Polychronia, according to tradition, was the mother of the Great Martyr George, a Christian of Palestine who raised her son in the faith after his father's death.

  Name days: Polychronia