Eudemos

Holy Martyr Eudemus.

St. Eudemos is remembered among the martyrs of the early Church, one who confessed Christ in the time of the persecutions and sealed his faith with suffering. The synaxaria preserve little of his life beyond this faithful witness.

The Church honors in him and in the countless martyrs like him the cloud of witnesses whose endurance watered the seed of the Gospel. He is commemorated on April 9.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Eudemos is commemorated on April 9. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on April 22 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

People with these names keep their name day on this feast:

Eudemos

Also commemorated on April 9

• Raphael, Nicholas and Irene of Lesbos

  Martyr, Ραφαήλ, Νικόλαος και Ειρήνη

  Holy New Martyrs Raphael, Nicholas and Irene of Lesbos, martyred at Thermi and revealed five centuries later.

  Name days: Rafail, Raphael, Rafael, Rafaella, Rafaela, Raffaella

• Eupsychios of Caesarea

  Martyr, Ευψύχιος

  Holy Martyr Eupsychios of Caesarea in Cappadocia, who suffered under Julian the Apostate.

  Name days: Efpsychios, Eupsychius

• Bademus of Persia

  Martyr, Βάδιμος

  Holy Monk-Martyr Bademus, archimandrite in Persia, with seven of his disciples.

  Name days: Vadim, Bademos, Bademus

• Abdiesus and the Martyrs of Persia

  Saint, Αβδιησούς και οι συν αυτώ

  Holy Martyrs Abdiesus and those with him, who suffered in Persia under Shapur.

• Acacius of Amida

  Hierarch, Ακάκιος Αμίδης

  Saint Acacius, Bishop of Amida, who sold the church's vessels to ransom Persian captives.