Athenogenes’s name day is July 16, the feast of Athenogenes.
Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on July 29 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on July 16.
The saint behind the name
Athenogenes
July 16, Hierarch, Αθηνογένης
St. Athenogenes was a bishop in the region of Sebaste who suffered martyrdom with a company of his disciples during the persecutions at the turn of the fourth century. Refusing to deny Christ, he strengthened his spiritual children as they went before him to death, and then received the crown of martyrdom himself.
Name days: Athenogenes
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