Dionysios of Zakynthos (Relics)

Saint Dionysios of Zakynthos, Archbishop of Aegina, remembered on the translation of his relics.

Saint Dionysios was born on Zakynthos in the sixteenth century, served briefly as Archbishop of Aegina and returned to his island to live as a monk. He is famed for forgiving and sheltering the man who had killed his brother.

His relics remain incorrupt on Zakynthos; this day marks their translation, and his principal feast is on the seventeenth of December.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Dionysios of Zakynthos (Relics) is commemorated on August 24. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on September 6 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on August 24

• Eutyches the Apostle

  Apostle, Ευτύχης

  Holy Apostle and Martyr Eutyches.

  Name days: Eftihos, Eftychios, Eftychis, Eftihios, Eftychia, Eftihia

• Kosmas of Aitolia

  Apostle, Κοσμάς ο Αιτωλός

  Hieromartyr Kosmas of Aitolia, Equal-to-the-Apostles, preacher of enslaved Greece.

  Name days: Kosmas, Cosmas

• Tation the Martyr

  Martyr, Τατίων

  Holy Martyr Tation of Claudiopolis.

• George the Confessor of Lake

  Venerable, Γεώργιος ο Λιμνιώτης

  Venerable George Limniotes, confessor for the holy icons.