Dometios the Venerable

Venerable Dometios, ascetic who reposed in peace.

St. Dometios is a venerable father whose name the Greek synaxaria record for March 8 with the simple note that he reposed in peace. Nothing further of his life has come down to us.

The Church honors him on this day.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Dometios the Venerable is commemorated on March 8. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on March 21 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on March 8

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  Zacharias

  Prophet, Ζαχαρίας

  Prophet Zacharias, father of John the Baptist.

  Name days: Zacharias, Zach, Zachary, Zacharoula

• Theophylaktos of Nicomedia

  Hierarch, Θεοφύλακτος

  Saint Theophylaktos, Bishop of Nicomedia, confessor against iconoclasm.

  Name days: Theofylaktos, Theophylaktos, Theophylact, Theofilaktos

• Paul of Plousias

  Hierarch, Παύλος ο Ομολογητής

  Saint Paul the Confessor, Bishop of Plousias in Bithynia.

• Hermes the Apostle

  Apostle, Ερμής

  Holy Apostle Hermes of the Seventy, greeted by Saint Paul in the Epistle to the Romans.

  Name days: Ermis, Hermes

• Dion the Martyr

  Martyr, Δίων

  Holy Martyr Dion.

• Synaxis of the Saints of Laconia

  Saint, Σύναξις Αγίων Λακωνίας

  Synaxis of all the saints who shone forth in Laconia.