Holy Martyrs Ammon and Alexander, who suffered for Christ.
Sts. Ammon and Alexander confessed Christ and endured martyrdom. The Synaxaria record only the fact of their death for the faith.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Ammon and Alexander is commemorated on February 9. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on February 22 of the civil calendar.
Also commemorated on February 9
Nicephorus
Martyr, Νικηφόρος
Holy Martyr Nicephorus of Antioch.
Name days: Nikiforos, Nikiforis, Nicephorus
Marcellus, Philagrios and Pancratios
Hierarch, Μάρκελλος, Φιλάγριος και Παγκράτιος
Hieromartyrs Marcellus of Sicily, Philagrios of Cyprus and Pancratios of Taormina, disciples of the Apostle Peter.
Romanos of Cilicia
Venerable, Ρωμανός ο Κίλιξ
Venerable Romanos of Cilicia, wonderworker, hermit near Antioch.
Peter of Damascus
Hierarch, Πέτρος ο Δαμασκηνός
Hieromartyr Peter of Damascus, ascetic writer of the Philokalia.
Pancratios of the Kiev Caves
Venerable, Παγκράτιος ο Έγκλειστος
Venerable Pancratios the Recluse, hieromonk of the Kiev Caves.
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