Holy Martyr Domna of Nicomedia, a former pagan priestess.
The holy martyr Domna was a pagan priestess of the imperial palace at Nicomedia who came to faith in Christ through reading the Scriptures. Escaping the palace, she lived for a time in a monastery and among the Christians of the city, and after the burning of the church she was seized and beheaded.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Domna of Nicomedia is commemorated on December 28. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on January 10 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on December 28
Twenty Thousand Martyrs of Nicomedia
Martyr, Είκοσι Χιλιάδες
The Twenty Thousand Holy Martyrs of Nicomedia.
Indes, Gorgonius and the Martyrs of Nicomedia
Martyr, Ίνδης, Γοργόνιος, Πέτρος, Ζήνων, Δωρόθεος, Μαρδόνιος
Holy Martyrs Indes, Gorgonius, Peter, Zeno, Dorotheus, Mardonius, Glycerius, Migdonius and Theophilus of Nicomedia.
Simon the Myrrh-gusher
Venerable, Σίμων ο Μυροβλήτης
Venerable Simon the Myrrh-gusher, founder of the Monastery of Simonopetra on Mount Athos.
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