Justus and Matthew

Holy Martyrs Justus and Matthew.

Sts. Justus and Matthew are commemorated together as martyrs who confessed Christ during the persecutions of the early Church. Tradition relates that they died by the sword.

Their names are preserved in the Synaxarion.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Justus and Matthew is commemorated on July 21. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on August 3 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on July 21

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  Symeon the Fool for Christ

  Venerable, Συμεών ο Σαλός

  Venerable Symeon the Holy Fool for Christ.

  Name days: Simeon

• Parthenios of Radovisdion

  Hierarch, Παρθένιος Ραδοβυσδίου

  St. Parthenios, Bishop of Radovisdion in Epirus.

• Theophilos, Trophimos and Thirteen Martyrs

  Martyr, Θεόφιλος και Τρόφιμος

  Holy Martyrs Theophilos, Trophimos and thirteen others who suffered in Lycia.

• Eugenios the Martyr

  Martyr, Ευγένιος

  Holy Martyr Eugenios.

• Onouphrios the Silent

  Venerable, Ονούφριος ο Σιωπηλός

  Venerable Onouphrios the Silent of the Kiev Caves.