Fifteen Thousand Martyrs of Pisidia

The Holy Fifteen Thousand Martyrs who suffered in Pisidia.

The Fifteen Thousand Martyrs of Pisidia are commemorated as a great company of Christians who suffered for Christ in that region of Asia Minor. Tradition relates that they were put to the sword.

The Church keeps their common memory as a witness to the faith of the early Christians of Pisidia.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Fifteen Thousand Martyrs of Pisidia is commemorated on July 16. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on July 29 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on July 16

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  Athenogenes

  Hierarch, Αθηνογένης

  Holy Hieromartyr Athenogenes.

  Name days: Athenogenes

• Faustus the Martyr

  Martyr, Φαύστος

  Holy Martyr Faustus, crucified for Christ.

• Antiochos and Kyriakos the Executioner

  Martyr, Αντίοχος και Κυριακός

  Holy Martyrs Antiochos the Physician of Sebaste and Kyriakos, the executioner who believed.

• Anastasios and Euxitheos of Thessaloniki

  Hierarch, Αναστάσιος και Ευξίθεος

  Sts. Anastasios and Euxitheos, Bishops of Thessaloniki.