Elias of Murom

Venerable Elias of Murom, wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves.

Venerable Elias of Murom was, according to tradition, the mighty warrior of the Russian epics who at the end of his life became a monk of the Kiev Caves Lavra in the twelfth century. His relics rest in the Near Caves, and he is honoured as a wonderworker.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Elias of Murom is commemorated on December 19. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on January 1 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on December 19

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  Boniface

  Martyr, Βονιφάτιος

  Holy Martyr Boniface of Tarsus.

  Name days: Vonifatios, Boniface

• Aglaia of Rome

  Holy Woman, Αγλαΐα η Ρωμαία

  Righteous Aglaia of Rome, who received the relics of the Martyr Boniface.

  Name days: Aglaia, Aglaya, Aglae

• Elias, Probus and Ares

  Martyr, Ηλίας, Πρόβος και Άρης

  Holy Martyrs Elias, Probus and Ares, Egyptians who suffered at Ascalon.

• Timothy and Polyeuctus

  Martyr, Τιμόθεος και Πολύευκτος

  Holy Martyrs Timothy and Polyeuctus.

• Eutychius, Thessalonica and companions

  Martyr, Ευτύχιος, Θεσσαλονίκη και οι συν αυτοίς

  Holy Martyrs Eutychius and Thessalonica, with two hundred men and seventy women.

• Gregentios of Ethiopia

  Hierarch, Γρηγέντιος Αιθιοπίας

  Gregentios, Bishop of the Himyarites in Arabia and Ethiopia.