Orthodox saints and name days on April 28

Name days on April 28

Jason, Iason, Sosipater

Saints and feasts of April 28

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  Apostles Jason & Sosipater

  Apostle, Ιάσων και Σωσίπατρος

  The holy Apostles Jason and Sosipater were of the Seventy, kinsmen and fellow laborers of the Apostle Paul, who greets them in his Epistle to the Romans. According to tradition they carried the Gospel to the island of Kerkyra, where they preached, endured imprisonment, and converted many to Christ, including members of the ruling house.

  Name days: Jason, Iason, Sosipater

• Memnon the Wonderworker

  Venerable, Μέμνων ο Θαυματουργός

  Memnon was a monk and abbot in Egypt who was granted the gift of working wonders. Tradition relates that by his prayer a spring of water appeared in a dry place and locusts were driven from the fields.

• Cyril of Turov

  Hierarch, Κύριλλος Επίσκοπος Τούρωφ

  Cyril was born in Turov in the twelfth century and became a monk, living for a time as a stylite. Chosen bishop of his native city, he became famous for his sermons and prayers, which earned him the name of the Russian Chrysostom.

• Auxibius the Venerable

  Venerable, Αυξίβιος

  Auxibius is remembered in the Greek synaxaria as a venerable ascetic who lived in prayer and reposed in peace. The details of his life have not been preserved.

• Agathon the Venerable

  Venerable, Αγάθων

  Agathon is listed in the Greek synaxaria as a venerable father who lived the monastic life and reposed in peace. His story has not been preserved beyond his name.