Alypios the Martyr

Holy Martyr Alypios.

The synaxarion honors the martyr Alypios on May 27, recording that he was put to death for Christ. Further details are not preserved.

He is commemorated together with Saint John the Russian.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Alypios the Martyr is commemorated on May 27. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on June 9 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

People with these names keep their name day on this feast:

Alypios, Alypius

Also commemorated on May 27

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  John the Russian

  Venerable, Ιωάννης ο Ρώσος

  St. John the Russian, Confessor, of Evia.

  Name days: John, Ioannis, Yiannis

• Therapon of Sardis

  Hierarch, Θεράπων Σάρδεων

  Hieromartyr Therapon, Bishop of Sardis, beheaded under Valerian.

  Name days: Therapon, Therapontas

• Julius the Veteran

  Martyr, Ιούλιος ο Στρατηλάτης

  Holy Martyr Julius the Veteran, a Roman soldier beheaded at Durostorum.

  Name days: Ioulios, Julius

• Bede the Venerable

  Venerable, Βεδέας ο Ομολογητής

  Venerable Bede of Jarrow, monk, teacher and historian of the English Church.

• Therapon of White Lake

  Venerable, Θεράπων της Λευκής Λίμνης

  Venerable Therapon of Belozersk, founder of the Ferapontov Monastery.