Five Martyrs of Ascalon

The Five Holy Martyrs who suffered at Ascalon in Palestine.

Five Christians were put to death for their faith at Ascalon on the coast of Palestine, according to the synaxarion by being buried alive in the ground. Their names are not preserved.

They are commemorated on May 31.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Five Martyrs of Ascalon is commemorated on May 31. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on June 13 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on May 31

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  Hermias the Martyr

  Martyr, Ερμείας

  Holy Martyr Hermias of Comana.

  Name days: Hermias, Ermis

• Eusebios and Charalambos

  Martyr, Ευσέβιος και Χαράλαμπος

  Holy Martyrs Eusebios and Charalambos, burned for their faith.

• Eustathios of Constantinople

  Hierarch, Ευστάθιος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως

  Saint Eustathios, Patriarch of Constantinople.

• Petronilla of Rome

  Holy Woman, Πετρονίλα

  Saint Petronilla, virgin of Rome, honored as a spiritual daughter of the Apostle Peter.

  Name days: Petronilla

• Co-workers of the Apostle Paul

  Apostle, Συνεργοί του Αποστόλου Παύλου

  Synaxis of the holy men and women named as fellow-laborers of the Apostle Paul in his epistles.

• Hierotheos the New

  Hierarch, Ιερόθεος ο Νέος

  Hieromartyr Hierotheos the New, who suffered under the Turks.