Elias Ardounis

New Monk-Martyr Elias Ardounis of Kalamata.

St. Elias Ardounis was a barber of Kalamata who had embraced Islam and later repented, becoming a monk on Mount Athos. Returning to Kalamata, he publicly confessed Christ and was burned alive in 1686.

He is commemorated on January 31.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Elias Ardounis is commemorated on January 31. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on February 13 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on January 31

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  Cyrus and John

  Martyr, Κύρος και Ιωάννης

  Holy Unmercenaries Cyrus and John.

  Name days: Kyros, Kyriakos, Cyriacus

• Athanasia and her Daughters

  Holy Woman, Αθανασία και αι τρεις θυγατέρες

  Holy Martyr Athanasia with her daughters Theoktiste, Theodote and Eudoxia, martyred with Sts. Cyrus and John.

• Arsenios of Paros

  Venerable, Αρσένιος ο εν Πάρω

  Venerable Arsenios the New of Paros, wonderworker.

• Victorinus, Victor and those with them

  Martyr, Ουικτωρίνος, Ουίκτωρ και οι συν αυτοίς

  Holy Martyrs Victorinus, Victor, Nikephoros, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion and Papias of Corinth.

• Tryphaina of Cyzicus

  Holy Woman, Τρυφαίνη

  Holy Martyr Tryphaina of Cyzicus.

  Name days: Tryphaina, Tryphena, Trifena, Tryphaena