Basiliskos

Holy Martyr Basiliscus.

The Holy Martyr Basiliskos suffered for Christ in Pontus at the beginning of the fourth century, during the persecutions of the pagan emperors. Tradition remembers him as a kinsman of the Great Martyr Theodore the Recruit and a soldier like him. Refusing to sacrifice to the idols, he endured imprisonment and cruel treatment, and was beheaded at Comana, faithful to the end.

The Church honors in him the courage of the soldier-martyrs who counted loyalty to Christ above life itself. He is commemorated on May 22.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Basiliskos is commemorated on May 22. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on June 4 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

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

Basiliskos, Vasiliskos

Also commemorated on May 22

• Fathers of the Second Ecumenical Council

  Saint, Πατέρες της Β' Οικουμενικής Συνόδου

  Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Second Ecumenical Council at Constantinople.

• Paul the Peloponnesian

  Martyr, Παύλος ο Πελοποννήσιος

  Venerable Martyr Paul of Aroania, an Athonite monk beheaded at Tripolis.

• Sophia the Physician

  Holy Woman, Σοφία η Ιατρός

  Venerable Sophia the Physician, who healed the sick and served the poor.

• John Vladimir of Serbia

  Saint, Ιωάννης Βλαδίμηρος

  Holy King John Vladimir of Serbia, wonderworker, beheaded by treachery.

• Markellos the Martyr

  Martyr, Μάρκελλος

  Holy Martyr Markellos.

  Name days: Markellos, Marcellus

• Zacharias of Prousa

  Hierarch, Ζαχαρίας ο Νέος Προύσης

  Hieromartyr Zacharias the New of Prousa, a priest beheaded for returning to Christ.

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