Holy Martyr Basiliskos the Elder.
St. Basiliskos the Elder is commemorated as a martyr who confessed Christ during the persecutions. Tradition relates that he died by fire.
His name is preserved in the Synaxarion among the martyrs of this day.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Basiliskos the Elder is commemorated on July 29. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on August 11 of the civil calendar.
Also commemorated on July 29
Theodote and her Three Children
Holy Woman, Θεοδότη
Holy Martyr Theodote and her three children, who suffered in Bithynia.
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