Righteous Gorgonia, sister of St. Gregory the Theologian.
St. Gorgonia was the daughter of St. Gregory the Elder and St. Nonna, and the sister of St. Gregory the Theologian, who delivered a funeral oration in her praise. A married woman and mother, she lived a life of prayer, fasting and charity, opening her home to the poor.
Tradition relates that she was healed of a serious illness by touching the holy altar. She reposed in peace in the fourth century.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Gorgonia is commemorated on February 23. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on March 8 (a day earlier in leap years) of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on February 23
Polykarpos
Hierarch, Πολύκαρπος
Bishop of Smyrna, disciple of John the Theologian.
Name days: Polykarpos, Polycarp
Damian of Esphigmenou
Venerable, Δαμιανός ο Εσφιγμενίτης
Venerable Damian, hesychast of the Monastery of Esphigmenou on Mount Athos.
Lazaros of Tripolis
Hierarch, Λάζαρος ο εκ Τριπόλεως
New Hieromartyr Lazaros, priest of Tripolis in the Peloponnese.
John, Moses, Antiochos and Antoninos
Venerable, Ιωάννης, Μωυσής, Αντίοχος και Αντωνίνος
Venerable John, Moses, Antiochos and Antoninos, ascetics of the Syrian desert.
Zebinas, Polychronios, Damian and Moses
Venerable, Ζεβινάς, Πολυχρόνιος, Δαμιανός και Μωυσής
Venerable Zebinas, Polychronios, Damian and Moses, ascetics of Syria.
Name days: Polychronios, Polychronis
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