Orthodox saints and name days on February 10

Name days on February 10

Charalampos, Babis, Haralambos, Harambos, Charalambos, Haralampos, Haris, Charis, Lambis, Harry, Charalambia, Haralambia, Haroula, Charoula, Zenon, Zeno

Saints and feasts of February 10

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  Charalambos

  Martyr, Χαράλαμπος

  St. Charalambos was a priest of Magnesia in Asia Minor who suffered martyrdom in extreme old age, according to tradition at the age of 113, during the persecutions of the early third century. Refusing to sacrifice to idols, he endured torture with such serenity that many who witnessed his suffering came to believe in Christ.

  Name days: Charalampos, Babis, Haralambos, Harambos, Charalambos, Haralampos, Haris, Charis, Lambis, Harry, Charalambia, Haralambia, Haroula, Charoula

• Zeno the Faster

  Venerable, Ζήνων ο Ταχυδρόμος

  St. Zeno was born to a noble family of Caesarea in Cappadocia and served as an imperial courier under the Emperor Valens. After the emperor's death he left the world and lived as a hermit in a tomb near Antioch, in extreme poverty and silence.

  Name days: Zenon, Zeno

• Porphyrios and Baptos

  Martyr, Πορφύριος και Βάπτος

  Porphyrios and Baptos were the soldiers ordered to torture St. Charalambos. Seeing his miraculous endurance, they confessed Christ and were beheaded with him.

• Ennatha, Valentina and Paula

  Holy Woman, Ενναθά, Ουαλεντίνα και Παύλα

  Ennatha of Gaza, Valentina of Caesarea and Paula of Palestine were young Christian women arrested during the persecution under Maximinus. Ennatha rebuked the governor Firmilian for his idolatry, and Valentina overturned the pagan altar.

• Anastasios of Jerusalem

  Hierarch, Αναστάσιος Ιεροσολύμων

  St. Anastasios was Patriarch of Jerusalem in the fifth century and is honoured among the holy hierarchs of the Holy City. He governed the Church of Jerusalem in a time of doctrinal turmoil and reposed in peace.

• Anna of Novgorod

  Holy Woman, Άννα η Πριγκίπισσα

  St. Anna was a Swedish princess, Ingigerd, who married Great Prince Yaroslav the Wise of Kiev and raised her many children in Christian piety. In later life she took monastic vows in Novgorod.

• Prochoros of the Kiev Caves

  Venerable, Πρόχορος ο Θαυματουργός

  St. Prochoros came from Smolensk and became a monk at the Kiev Caves, where he ate only bread made from the wild orach plant. During a famine he baked this bread for the hungry, and it tasted sweet to those who took it with a blessing.