Holy Martyrs Christopher and Conon, who suffered for Christ at Rome.
Saints Christopher and Conon are remembered in the synaxaria as martyrs who suffered for Christ in Rome. The details of their contest have not been preserved beyond the record that they died by the sword for their confession.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Christopher and Conon of Rome is commemorated on June 5. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on June 18 of the civil calendar.
Also commemorated on June 5
Mark the New Martyr of Chios
Martyr, Μάρκος ο εν Χίω
New Martyr Mark of Smyrna, beheaded on Chios in 1801 after returning to Christ with repentance.
Ten Martyrs of Egypt
Martyr, Δέκα Μάρτυρες εν Αιγύπτω
Holy Martyrs Marcian, Nicander, Hyperechius, Apollonius, Leonides, Arius, Gorgias, Selenias, Irene and Pambo of Egypt.
Boniface of Germany
Hierarch, Βονιφάτιος ο Γερμανίας
Hieromartyr Boniface, apostle of the Germans, archbishop of Mainz, slain by pagans in Frisia.
Theodore Yaroslavich of Novgorod
Saint, Θεόδωρος ο Δούκας
Righteous Prince Theodore of Novgorod, elder brother of Saint Alexander Nevsky.
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