Holy Women Martyrs Aquilina and Kallinike.
The synaxarion honors the holy women Aquilina and Kallinike on May 9, recording that they suffered for Christ. The details of their martyrdom are not preserved.
They are commemorated together with the Prophet Isaiah and the Great Martyr Christopher.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Aquilina and Kallinike is commemorated on May 9. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on May 22 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Akylina, Aquilina, Kalliniki, Callinice
Also commemorated on May 9
Christopher the Great Martyr
Martyr, Χριστόφορος
Great Martyr Christopher of Lycia, the Christ-bearer, beheaded under Decius.
Name days: Christophoros, Christoforos, Christopher, Christoph, Christofer, Kristofer
Nicholas of Vounena
Martyr, Νικόλαος ο εν Βουνένοις
Holy Martyr Nicholas the New of Vounena in Thessaly, a soldier who became an ascetic and was slain by invaders.
Hieronymos of Simonopetra
Venerable, Ιερώνυμος ο Σιμωνοπετρίτης
Venerable Hieronymos of Simonopetra, elder of Mount Athos and Athens.
Name days: Ieronymos, Hieronymus, Jerome
Epimachos and Gordianos
Martyr, Επίμαχος και Γορδιανός
Holy Martyrs Epimachos and Gordianos, who suffered at Rome.
Maximos of Jerusalem
Hierarch, Μάξιμος Ιεροσολύμων
Saint Maximos the Confessor, Bishop of Jerusalem, who bore the marks of persecution into his episcopate.
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