Elpidios, Danax and Helen

Holy Martyrs Elpidios, Danax and Helen.

Sts. Elpidios, Danax and Helen are recorded in the synaxaria as martyrs who confessed Christ and were put to death for the faith. The details of their contest have not been preserved.

They are commemorated on January 15.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Elpidios, Danax and Helen is commemorated on January 15. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on January 28 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on January 15

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  Paul of Thebes

  Venerable, Παύλος

  The first Christian hermit saint in Egypt.

  Name days: Pavlos, Pavlos, Paul, Pablo, Pavel

• John the Kalyvites

  Venerable, Ιωάννης ο Καλυβίτης

  Venerable John the Hut-Dweller, who lived unknown at his parents' gate.

• Pansophios the Martyr

  Martyr, Πανσόφιος

  Holy Martyr Pansophios of Alexandria.

• Gerasimos Palladas

  Hierarch, Γεράσιμος Παλλαδάς

  St. Gerasimos Palladas, Patriarch of Alexandria.

• Alexander the Akoimetos

  Venerable, Αλέξανδρος ο Ακοίμητος

  Venerable Alexander, founder of the monastery of the Sleepless Ones.