Diodoros and Rhodopianos

Holy Martyrs Diodoros and Rhodopianos the Deacon, stoned at Aphrodisias in Caria.

Diodoros and the deacon Rhodopianos preached Christ in the city of Aphrodisias in Caria during the persecution of Diocletian. Seized by the pagans of the city, they were stoned to death for their confession.

The synaxarion honors them together on May 3.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Diodoros and Rhodopianos is commemorated on May 3. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on May 16 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

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

Diodoros, Diodorus

Also commemorated on May 3

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  Timothy and Maura

  Martyr, Τιμόθεος και Μαύρα

  Holy Martyrs Timothy and Maura of Egypt.

  Name days: Timotheos, Tim, Timothy, Mavra, Maura, Mavre

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  Peter of Argos

  Hierarch, Πέτρος Άργους

  Bishop Peter of Argos.

  Name days: Petros, Peter

• Xenia of Kalamata

  Holy Woman, Ξενία η Μεγαλομάρτυς

  Great Martyr Xenia of Kalamata, virgin martyr of the Peloponnese under Diocletian.

  Name days: Xenia, Ksenia, Xeni

• Theodosius of the Kiev Caves

  Venerable, Θεοδόσιος των Σπηλαίων του Κιέβου

  Venerable Theodosius, abbot of the Kiev Caves Lavra and father of Russian coenobitic monasticism.

  Name days: Theodosios, Theodosius, Theodosis

• Oikoumenios of Trikka

  Hierarch, Οικουμένιος

  Saint Oikoumenios the Wonderworker, Bishop of Trikka in Thessaly.

  Name days: Oikoumenios, Ecumenius

• Theophanes of Peritheorion

  Hierarch, Θεοφάνης Περιθεωρίου

  Saint Theophanes, Metropolitan of Peritheorion in Thrace, an Athonite monk and bishop of the fourteenth century.

  Name days: Theophanis, Theofanis, Theophanes