Holy Martyr Adrian of Corinth, who was burned for Christ under Decius.
Adrian was a Christian of Corinth arrested during the persecution of Decius in the third century. Commanded to sacrifice to the idols, he refused and instead overturned the altar.
He was beaten and cast into a furnace, receiving the crown of martyrdom.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Adrian of Corinth is commemorated on April 17. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on April 30 of the civil calendar.
Also commemorated on April 17
Simeon of Persia and those with him
Hierarch, Συμεών Επίσκοπος Περσίδος
Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop of Persia, and the many who suffered with him under Shapur.
Makarios of Corinth
Hierarch, Μακάριος Νοταράς
Saint Makarios Notaras, Metropolitan of Corinth, Kollyvades father and co-compiler of the Philokalia.
Agapetus of Rome
Hierarch, Αγαπητός Πάπας Ρώμης
Saint Agapetus, Pope of Rome, who deposed the heretic Anthimus at Constantinople.
Azat the Eunuch
Martyr, Αζάτ ο Ευνούχος
Holy Martyr Azat the Eunuch, official of the Persian court, with those who suffered with him.
Zosimas of Solovki
Venerable, Ζωσιμάς Σολόβκι
Venerable Zosimas, abbot and co-founder of the Solovki Monastery in the White Sea.
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