Holy Martyrs Epimachos and Gordianos, who suffered at Rome.
Epimachos and Gordianos were Christians of Rome who confessed the faith during the persecutions of the fourth century and were beheaded. Their relics were buried together on the Via Latina.
They are commemorated on May 9.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Epimachos and Gordianos is commemorated on May 9. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on May 22 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on May 9
Christopher the Great Martyr
Martyr, Χριστόφορος
Great Martyr Christopher of Lycia, the Christ-bearer, beheaded under Decius.
Name days: Christophoros, Christoforos, Christopher, Christoph, Christofer, Kristofer
Nicholas of Vounena
Martyr, Νικόλαος ο εν Βουνένοις
Holy Martyr Nicholas the New of Vounena in Thessaly, a soldier who became an ascetic and was slain by invaders.
Hieronymos of Simonopetra
Venerable, Ιερώνυμος ο Σιμωνοπετρίτης
Venerable Hieronymos of Simonopetra, elder of Mount Athos and Athens.
Name days: Ieronymos, Hieronymus, Jerome
Maximos of Jerusalem
Hierarch, Μάξιμος Ιεροσολύμων
Saint Maximos the Confessor, Bishop of Jerusalem, who bore the marks of persecution into his episcopate.
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