Augustina the Martyr

Holy Martyr Augustina of Constantinople.

The synaxarion records the martyr Augustina, who suffered for Christ in Constantinople. The circumstances of her martyrdom have not been preserved.

She is commemorated on May 8.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Augustina the Martyr is commemorated on May 8. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on May 21 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

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

Augustina, Avgoustina

Also commemorated on May 8

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  John the Theologian

  Apostle, Ιωάννης ο Θεολόγος

  Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, the Beloved Disciple.

  Name days: Ioannis, Giannis, Yiannis, Yannis, John

• Arsenios the Great

  Venerable, Αρσένιος ο Μέγας

  Venerable Arsenios the Great, tutor of emperors who fled to the Egyptian desert.

  Name days: Arsenios, Arsenis, Arsenius, Arsenia

• Arsenios of Varnakova

  Venerable, Αρσένιος ο Βαρνακοβίτης

  Venerable Arsenios, founder of the Monastery of Varnakova in Nafpaktia.

• Miles the Hymnographer

  Venerable, Μήλης ο Υμνωδός

  Venerable Miles the Hymnographer, an ascetic and composer of church hymns.

• Cassian the Recluse of the Kiev Caves

  Venerable, Κασσιανός ο Έγκλειστος

  Venerable Cassian the Recluse of the Far Caves of Kiev.