Charis the Martyr

Holy Martyr Charis.

St. Charis is commemorated on January 28 as a holy woman martyr. The synaxaria record that she ended her contest for Christ, but the details of her life have not been preserved.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Charis the Martyr is commemorated on January 28. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on February 10 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

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

Charis, Chara, Hara, Charikleia

Also commemorated on January 28

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  Ephrem the Syrian

  Venerable, Εφραίμ

  Poet, theologian and hymn-writer of the Syrian church.

  Name days: Efraim, Ephraim

• Palladios of Antioch

  Venerable, Παλλάδιος

  Venerable Palladios the Hermit of Syria.

• James the Ascetic

  Venerable, Ιάκωβος ο Ασκητής

  Venerable James the Ascetic of Porphyreon, who repented of grave sin.

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  Isaac the Syrian

  Hierarch, Ισαάκ ο Σύρος

  St. Isaac the Syrian, Bishop of Nineveh, teacher of the spiritual life.

• Theodosios of Totma

  Venerable, Θεοδόσιος της Τότμα

  Venerable Theodosios of Totma, founder of the Spaso-Sumorin Monastery.

• Ephraim of Novy Torg

  Venerable, Εφραίμ ο εκ Ρωσίας

  Venerable Ephraim the Wonderworker of Novy Torg.