Anastasia

Holy Martyr Anastasia of Rome.

St. Anastasia was a holy woman and martyr of Rome who gave her life for Christ during the persecutions of the early Church. The synaxaria preserve little of her story beyond her faithful confession, but her name, which means resurrection, has been cherished by the faithful as a sign of the hope for which she died.

Her endurance joins her to the great company of women martyrs whom the Church honors as brides of Christ. Her memory is kept on January 4.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Anastasia is commemorated on January 4. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on January 17 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

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

Anastasia, Nastia, Natasha, Stacy

Also commemorated on January 4

• Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles

  Apostle, Εβδομήκοντα Απόστολοι

  Joint commemoration of the Seventy Apostles sent out by the Lord.

• Apollinaria the Senator's Daughter

  Holy Woman, Απολλιναρία

  Venerable Apollinaria, who lived in disguise as a monk in the Egyptian desert.

  Name days: Apollinaria

• Nikephoros the Leper

  Venerable, Νικηφόρος ο Λεπρός

  Venerable Nikephoros the Leper, a Greek ascetic of the twentieth century who bore leprosy with thanksgiving.

• Euthymios of Vatopedi and the Twelve Monks

  Martyr, Ευθύμιος ο Βατοπεδινός

  Abbot Euthymios and twelve monks of Vatopedi, martyred for resisting the union with Rome.

• Onouphrios the New of Hilandar

  Martyr, Ονούφριος ο Νέος

  New Monk-Martyr Onouphrios of Hilandar, martyred on Chios in the nineteenth century.

• Theoktistos of Cucomo

  Venerable, Θεόκτιστος

  Venerable Theoktistos, abbot of the monastery of Cucomo in Sicily.

  Name days: Theoktistos, Theoctistus

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