Holy Women Martyrs Chariessa, Nike, Galene, Kalles, Nunechia, Basilissa, Theodora and Irene, drowned at Corinth with Bishop Leonides.
These women of Corinth were brought to faith by the preaching of Leonides, Bishop of Athens, and were arrested with him in the persecution of Decius. They refused to deny Christ under torture.
Tradition relates that they were cast into the sea at Corinth in the third century, and that the Church of Corinth kept their memory with great honour, building a basilica over their tomb.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Chariessa, Nike, Galene and the Women Martyrs of Corinth is commemorated on April 16. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on April 29 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Galini, Galene, Galina, Chariessa
Also commemorated on April 16
Michael of Vourla
Martyr, Μιχαήλ ο Βουρλιώτης
Holy New Martyr Michael of Vourla, beheaded at Smyrna at the age of eighteen.
Amphilochios of Patmos
Venerable, Αμφιλόχιος Μακρής
Venerable Amphilochios Makris of Patmos, elder and founder of the Convent of the Annunciation.
Christopher of Dionysiou
Martyr, Χριστόφορος ο Οσιομάρτυς
Holy New Martyr Christopher, monk of the Dionysiou Monastery, martyred at Adrianople.
Michael Mavroudis
Martyr, Μιχαήλ ο Μαυρουδής
Holy New Martyr Michael Mavroudis of Agrapha, burned at Thessalonica.
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