Agape the Virgin Martyr

Holy Virgin Martyr Agape, commemorated on this day in the Greek synaxaria.

Agape is listed in the Greek synaxaria as a virgin martyr commemorated on the third of April. Little of her life has been preserved beyond her name and her witness.

She is distinct from Agape of Thessalonica, one of the three sisters commemorated later in this month.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Agape the Virgin Martyr is commemorated on April 3. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on April 16 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on April 3

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  Nicetas the Confessor

  Venerable, Νικήτας

  Venerable Nicetas the Confessor, Abbot of Medikion.

  Name days: Nikitas, Nicetas

• Joseph the Hymnographer

  Venerable, Ιωσήφ ο Υμνογράφος

  Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer, composer of many canons of the Church and confessor for the holy icons.

• Elpidephoros, Dius, Bithonius and Galycus

  Martyr, Ελπιδηφόρος, Δίος, Βυθόνιος και Γάλυκος

  Holy Martyrs Elpidephoros, Dius, Bithonius and Galycus, who suffered different deaths for Christ.

  Name days: Elpidoforos, Elpidophoros, Elpidiforos

• Illyrios of Mount Myrsinon

  Venerable, Ιλλύριος

  Venerable Illyrios the Wonderworker, ascetic of Mount Myrsinon in the Peloponnese.

• Paul the Russian

  Martyr, Παύλος ο Ρώσος

  Holy New Martyr Paul the Russian, a freed captive who was martyred in Constantinople.