Holy Apostle Junia, companion of Andronikos and kinswoman of Saint Paul.
Junia is greeted by Saint Paul in the Epistle to the Romans, together with Andronikos, as his kinsfolk and fellow prisoners who were outstanding among the apostles and in Christ before him. Tradition relates that she labored with Andronikos in preaching the Gospel and in bringing many to baptism.
Their relics were found in Constantinople in the fifth century.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Junia the Apostle is commemorated on May 17. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on May 30 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on May 17
Athanasios of Christianoupolis
Hierarch, Αθανάσιος Χριστιανουπόλεως
Saint Athanasios the New, Bishop of Christianoupolis in the Peloponnese, wonderworker.
Solochon, Pamphamer and Pamphylon
Martyr, Σολόχων, Παμφαμήρ και Παμφυλών
Holy Martyrs Solochon, Pamphamer and Pamphylon, Egyptian soldiers martyred at Chalcedon.
Name days: Solochon
Nektarios and Theophanes of Meteora
Venerable, Νεκτάριος και Θεοφάνης οι Αψαράδες
Venerable Nektarios and Theophanes the Apsarades, brothers and founders of the Varlaam Monastery at Meteora.
Nicholas of Metsovo
Martyr, Νικόλαος εκ Μετσόβου
New Martyr Nicholas of Metsovo, burned alive at Trikala.
Theodoretos of Antioch
Martyr, Θεοδώρητος ο Πρεσβύτερος
Holy Martyr Theodoretos the Presbyter of Antioch, put to death under Julian the Apostate.
Name days: Theodoritos, Theodoret
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