Cyrus and John

Holy Unmercenaries Cyrus and John.

Sts. Cyrus and John are honored among the Holy Unmercenaries, physicians who healed in the name of Christ without accepting payment. Cyrus was a physician of Alexandria and John a soldier who joined him; together they served the sick and strengthened the persecuted during the persecution of Diocletian at the beginning of the fourth century.

Hastening to encourage a Christian woman and her daughters under arrest, they were themselves seized, confessed Christ, and were beheaded. The faithful have long sought their intercession for healing. They are commemorated on January 31.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Cyrus and John is commemorated on January 31. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on February 13 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

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

Kyros, Kyriakos, Cyriacus

Also commemorated on January 31

• Athanasia and her Daughters

  Holy Woman, Αθανασία και αι τρεις θυγατέρες

  Holy Martyr Athanasia with her daughters Theoktiste, Theodote and Eudoxia, martyred with Sts. Cyrus and John.

• Arsenios of Paros

  Venerable, Αρσένιος ο εν Πάρω

  Venerable Arsenios the New of Paros, wonderworker.

• Victorinus, Victor and those with them

  Martyr, Ουικτωρίνος, Ουίκτωρ και οι συν αυτοίς

  Holy Martyrs Victorinus, Victor, Nikephoros, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion and Papias of Corinth.

• Tryphaina of Cyzicus

  Holy Woman, Τρυφαίνη

  Holy Martyr Tryphaina of Cyzicus.

  Name days: Tryphaina, Tryphena, Trifena, Tryphaena

• Elias Ardounis

  Martyr, Ηλίας ο Αρδούνης

  New Monk-Martyr Elias Ardounis of Kalamata.

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