Hieromartyrs of Cherson

Hieromartyrs Basileus, Eugenios, Agathodoros, Elpidios, Kapiton and Aitherios, bishops of Cherson.

The hieromartyrs of Cherson were bishops sent in the fourth century by the Patriarch of Jerusalem to preach the Gospel in Cherson in the Crimea, together with St. Ephraim. Basileus, Eugenios, Agathodoros, Elpidios, Kapiton and Aitherios labored there one after another among the pagans of the region, and most of them were put to death by the unbelievers.

Tradition relates that St. Kapiton confirmed the faith before the people by passing unharmed through a fiery furnace. The Church honors the seven bishops of Cherson together on March 7.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Hieromartyrs of Cherson is commemorated on March 7. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on March 20 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

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

Agathodoros, Kapiton, Aitherios, Etherios

Also commemorated on March 7

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  Ephraim, Bishop of Cherson

  Hierarch, Εφραίμ

  Holy Hieromartyrs and Bishops of Cherson.

  Name days: Ephraim, Efraim

• Paul the Simple

  Venerable, Παύλος ο Απλούς

  Venerable Paul the Simple, disciple of Saint Anthony the Great.

• Ephraim of Antioch

  Hierarch, Εφραίμ Αντιοχείας

  Saint Ephraim, Patriarch of Antioch, defender of Chalcedon.

• Lavrentios of Salamis

  Venerable, Λαυρέντιος

  Venerable Lavrentios, founder of the Monastery of Phaneromeni on Salamis.

• Arkadios and Nestor of Trimythous

  Hierarch, Αρκάδιος και Νέστωρ

  Saints Arkadios and Nestor, Bishops of Trimythous in Cyprus.

• Aimilianos of Rome

  Martyr, Αιμιλιανός ο Ρωμαίος

  Holy Martyr Aimilianos of Rome, with Jacob and Marianos.