Charisios, Nikephoros and Agapios

Holy Martyrs Charisios, Nikephoros and Agapios.

Sts. Charisios, Nikephoros and Agapios were martyrs of the early Church whose names are preserved in the Greek synaxaria for March 1. Tradition relates that they were put to the sword for their confession of Christ.

Little else of their lives has come down to us, but the Church keeps their memory together on this day.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Charisios, Nikephoros and Agapios is commemorated on March 1. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on March 14 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

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

Charisios, Harisios, Charisius

Also commemorated on March 1

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  Eudokia

  Holy Woman, Ευδοκία

  Holy Martyr Eudocia of Samaritan.

  Name days: Eudokia, Eudocia, Efthokia, Docia, Evdokia

• Antonina of Nicaea

  Holy Woman, Αντωνίνα

  Holy Martyr Antonina of Nicaea in Bithynia.

  Name days: Antonina

• Domnina the New

  Holy Woman, Δομνίνα

  Venerable Domnina the New of Syria, ascetic of the fifth century.

  Name days: Domnina

• Paraskevas of Trebizond

  Martyr, Παρασκευάς

  Holy New Martyr Paraskevas of Trebizond, who suffered under the Ottomans.

  Name days: Paraskevas, Paraskeuas

• Markellos and Antonios of Syria

  Martyr, Μάρκελλος

  Holy Martyrs Markellos and Antonios of Syria, burned for the faith.

  Name days: Markellos, Marcellus, Marcel

• David of Wales

  Hierarch, Δαβίδ της Ουαλίας

  Saint David, Bishop of Menevia, patron and enlightener of Wales.