Holy Martyrs Dasius, Severus, Andronas, Theodotus and Theodota.
The holy martyrs Dasius, Severus, Andronas, Theodotus and Theodota are commemorated together. The synaxarion records that they suffered for Christ by the sword.
Nothing more is known of their lives.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Dasius, Severus, Andronas, Theodotus and Theodota is commemorated on November 3. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on November 16 of the civil calendar.
Also commemorated on November 3
Consecration of the Church of George in Lydda
Saint, Ανακομιδή λειψάνων Αγίου Γεωργίου
Consecration of the church of the Great Martyr George at Lydda and the deposition of his relics there.
George the New Hieromartyr of Neapolis
Hierarch, Γεώργιος ο Νεαπολίτης
Holy New Hieromartyr George, priest of Neapolis in Cappadocia, martyred in 1797.
Akepsimas the Hermit
Venerable, Ακεψιμάς ο Όσιος
Venerable Akepsimas, hermit of Cyrrhus in Syria who lived enclosed in a cell for sixty years.
Achaemenides of Persia
Martyr, Αχαιμενίδης
Holy Confessor Achaemenides, a Persian nobleman who suffered for Christ under King Yazdegerd.
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