Anthousa and her Twelve Servants

Holy Martyr Anthousa and her twelve servants, who suffered by the sword.

St. Anthousa and the twelve servants of her household confessed Christ together and were beheaded. The Synaxaria record only the fact of their martyrdom.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Anthousa and her Twelve Servants is commemorated on February 22. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on March 7 (a day earlier in leap years) of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

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

Anthousa, Anthoula, Anthi

Also commemorated on February 22

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  Athanasius the Confessor

  Venerable, Αθανάσιος

  Venerable Athanasius the Confessor.

  Name days: Athanasios, Thanasis, Athanasius

• Martyrs at the Gate of Eugenios

  Saint, Μάρτυρες εν τοις Ευγενίου

  Finding of the relics of the Holy Martyrs at the Gate of Eugenios in Constantinople.

• Thalassios and Limnaios

  Venerable, Θαλάσσιος και Λιμναίος

  Venerable Thalassios and Limnaios, hermits of Syria.

• Baradatos of Syria

  Venerable, Βαραδάτος

  Venerable Baradatos, hermit of Antioch.

• Telesphoros of Rome

  Hierarch, Τελεσφόρος

  Hieromartyr Telesphoros, Bishop of Rome.

• Ariston of Arsinoe

  Hierarch, Αρίστων Αρσινόης

  St. Ariston the Wonderworker, Bishop of Arsinoe in Cyprus.

  Name days: Ariston, Aristonas