Orthodox saints and name days on May 29

Name days on May 29

Theodosia, Dosia, Ypomoni, Hypomone, Ipomoni, Ypomeni

Saints and feasts of May 29

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  Theodosia of Constantinople

  Holy Woman, Θεοδοσία

  St. Theodosia was a nun of Constantinople who suffered in the eighth century, at the outbreak of the iconoclast persecution. When the emperor commanded the destruction of the revered icon of Christ above the Chalke Gate of the palace, tradition tells that Theodosia was among the faithful who rose to defend it, and for this she was seized and put to death, sealing her love for Christ with martyrdom.

  Name days: Theodosia, Dosia

• Theodosia of Tyre

  Holy Woman, Θεοδοσία η Παρθένος

  Theodosia was a young Christian of Tyre who, visiting Caesarea in Palestine, went to comfort the confessors awaiting judgment. Arrested herself, she refused to sacrifice and was tortured and cast into the sea.

• Alexander of Alexandria

  Hierarch, Αλέξανδρος Αλεξανδρείας

  Alexander became Patriarch of Alexandria in 313 and was the first to expose and condemn the heresy of his priest Arius, who denied the divinity of the Son. He took part in the Council of Nicaea in 325 with his deacon Athanasios, who succeeded him.

• Hypomone the Righteous

  Holy Woman, Υπομονή

  Helen Dragas, a Serbian princess, married the Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and was the mother of the last two emperors, John VIII and Constantine XI. After her husband's death she became a nun with the name Hypomone, meaning patience, and devoted herself to prayer and charity.

  Name days: Ypomoni, Hypomone, Ipomoni, Ypomeni

• Fall of Constantinople

  Saint, Άλωσις της Κωνσταντινουπόλεως

  On Tuesday, May 29, 1453, after a siege of nearly two months, the armies of Sultan Mehmet II broke through the walls of Constantinople. The Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos fell fighting at the gate, and the Great Church of Hagia Sophia was taken.

• John Nannos of Thessalonica

  Martyr, Ιωάννης ο Νάννος

  John Nannos was a young man from Thessalonica who worked in Smyrna, where he was tricked into accepting Islam. Overcome with remorse, he confessed his return to Christ before the judge.

• Andreas Argentis

  Martyr, Ανδρέας ο Αργέντης

  Andreas Argentis was a Christian of Chios who, tradition relates, was accused of insulting Islam while in Constantinople and, refusing to convert to save his life, was beheaded in 1465.