Anastasia and Basilissa of Rome

Holy Martyrs Anastasia and Basilissa of Rome, who buried the bodies of the Apostles Peter and Paul.

Anastasia and Basilissa were noble women of Rome, disciples of the Apostles Peter and Paul. Tradition relates that after the apostles' martyrdom they recovered and buried their bodies.

For this they were denounced to the emperor Nero, tortured, and beheaded in the first century.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Anastasia and Basilissa of Rome is commemorated on April 15. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on April 28 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on April 15

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  Apostles Aristarchus, Pudens & Trophimus

  Apostle, Αρίσταρχος, Πούδης, Τρόφιμος

  Holy Apostles of the Seventy: Aristarchus, Pudens, and Trophimus.

  Name days: Aristarchus, Trophimos

• Leonides of Athens

  Hierarch, Λεωνίδης Αθηνών

  Hieromartyr Leonides, Bishop of Athens, drowned at Corinth with the holy women who followed him.

  Name days: Leonidas, Leonides, Leonidis

• Crescens of Myra

  Martyr, Κρήσκης

  Holy Martyr Crescens of Myra in Lycia, burned for Christ.

• Ananias of Lacedaemon

  Hierarch, Ανανίας Λακεδαιμονίας

  Hieromartyr Ananias, Metropolitan of Lacedaemon, beheaded by the Turks in 1767.

• Theodore the Presbyter and Pausolypios

  Martyr, Θεόδωρος ο Πρεσβύτερος και Παυσολύπιος

  Holy Martyrs Theodore the Presbyter and Pausolypios.

• Suchias and the Martyrs of Georgia

  Saint, Σούκιος και οι συν αυτώ

  Holy Martyr Suchias and his companions, warriors who suffered for Christ in Georgia.