Arkadios and Nestor of Trimythous

Saints Arkadios and Nestor, Bishops of Trimythous in Cyprus.

Sts. Arkadios and Nestor were bishops of Trimythous in Cyprus, the see later made famous by St. Spyridon. Tradition relates that they lived in the early centuries of the Church on the island and shepherded their flocks in holiness.

They reposed in peace, and the Church of Cyprus keeps their memory together on March 7.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Arkadios and Nestor of Trimythous is commemorated on March 7. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on March 20 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on March 7

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  Ephraim, Bishop of Cherson

  Hierarch, Εφραίμ

  Holy Hieromartyrs and Bishops of Cherson.

  Name days: Ephraim, Efraim

• Hieromartyrs of Cherson

  Hierarch, Ιερομάρτυρες Χερσώνος

  Hieromartyrs Basileus, Eugenios, Agathodoros, Elpidios, Kapiton and Aitherios, bishops of Cherson.

  Name days: Agathodoros, Kapiton, Aitherios, Etherios

• Paul the Simple

  Venerable, Παύλος ο Απλούς

  Venerable Paul the Simple, disciple of Saint Anthony the Great.

• Ephraim of Antioch

  Hierarch, Εφραίμ Αντιοχείας

  Saint Ephraim, Patriarch of Antioch, defender of Chalcedon.

• Lavrentios of Salamis

  Venerable, Λαυρέντιος

  Venerable Lavrentios, founder of the Monastery of Phaneromeni on Salamis.

• Aimilianos of Rome

  Martyr, Αιμιλιανός ο Ρωμαίος

  Holy Martyr Aimilianos of Rome, with Jacob and Marianos.