Orthodox saints and name days on September 3

Name days on September 3

Anthimos, Antimos, Phoebe, Phoebi, Phoevi, Foivi, Fivi, Phivi, Fevi, Theoktistos, Theoctistus, Theoktisti, Polydoros, Polidoros, Polydorus, Vasilissa, Basilissa, Aristion

Saints and feasts of September 3

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  Anthimos of Nicomedia

  Hierarch, Ανθιμός

  St. Anthimos was Bishop of Nicomedia during the great persecution under Diocletian at the opening of the fourth century. When many of his flock were slain, he shepherded the survivors from hiding, strengthening them by letters and prayer, until he was discovered, confessed Christ before his judges, and was beheaded.

  Name days: Anthimos, Antimos

• Phoebe the Deaconess

  Holy Woman, Φοίβη

  St. Phoebe was a deaconess of the Church at Cenchreae, the eastern port of Corinth, in the first century. The Apostle Paul commends her in his Epistle to the Romans as a servant of the Church and a helper of many, including himself, and tradition holds that she carried that epistle to Rome.

  Name days: Phoebe, Phoebi, Phoevi, Foivi, Fivi, Phivi, Fevi

• Theoktistos of Palestine

  Venerable, Θεόκτιστος

  St. Theoktistos was the companion and fellow ascetic of St. Euthymios the Great in the wilderness of Judea in the fifth century. Together they found a cave in a ravine near the Dead Sea, where a monastery grew up around them; when Euthymios withdrew to deeper solitude, Theoktistos remained as abbot and spiritual father of the brethren.

  Name days: Theoktistos, Theoctistus, Theoktisti

• Polydoros the New Martyr of Cyprus

  Martyr, Πολύδωρος

  St. Polydoros was born in Nicosia, Cyprus, in the eighteenth century and worked as a merchant in Egypt, where, tradition relates, in a moment of weakness he was led to deny the faith. Overcome with remorse, he wandered from place to place seeking to confess Christ openly.

  Name days: Polydoros, Polidoros, Polydorus

• Vasilissa of Nicomedia

  Holy Woman, Βασίλισσα

  St. Vasilissa was a young girl of Nicomedia, only nine years old according to tradition, who confessed Christ during the persecution of Diocletian. Brought before the governor Alexander, she remained unshaken through beatings and fire, and the governor himself is said to have been moved to repentance.

  Name days: Vasilissa, Basilissa

• Aristion of Alexandria

  Hierarch, Αριστίων

  St. Aristion was born of pagan parents in Syria in the early centuries of the Church and, coming to faith in Christ, was made bishop of Alexandria in Cilicia, the lesser Alexandria. He labored to bring the pagans of his region to the faith.

  Name days: Aristion