Epicharis of Rome

Holy Martyr Epicharis of Rome.

St. Epicharis was a Christian woman of Rome who confessed Christ in the persecution of Diocletian and, refusing to sacrifice, was tortured and beheaded.

She is commemorated on September 27.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Epicharis of Rome is commemorated on September 27. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on October 10 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on September 27

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  Kallistratos

  Martyr, Καλλίστρατος

  Holy Martyr Callistratus and 49 companions.

  Name days: Kallistratos, Callistratus

• Mark, Aristarchos and Zenon the Apostles

  Apostle, Μάρκος, Αρίσταρχος και Ζήνων

  Holy Apostles Mark, Aristarchos and Zenon of the Seventy.

  Name days: Aristarchos, Aristarchus

• Akylina of Zagliveri

  Holy Woman, Ακυλίνα

  New Martyr Akylina of Zagliveri near Thessaloniki, virgin martyr.

  Name days: Akylina, Aquilina, Akilina

• Ignatius of the Monastery of the Savior

  Venerable, Ιγνάτιος ο Ηγούμενος

  Venerable Ignatius, abbot of the Monastery of Christ the Savior in Cappadocia.

• Peter of Krutitsa

  Hierarch, Πέτρος Κρουτίτσης

  Hieromartyr Peter of Krutitsa, locum tenens of the Patriarchal throne of Moscow, martyred in 1937.

• Sabbatius of Solovki

  Venerable, Σαββάτιος του Σολοβέτσκ

  Venerable Sabbatius, wonderworker of Solovki, first hermit of the White Sea island.