Holy Virgin Martyr Kerkyra, daughter of the king of Corfu, converted by the Apostles Jason and Sosipater.
Kerkyra was the daughter of the ruler of the island of Corfu at the time the Apostles Jason and Sosipater preached there. Seeing the endurance of the martyrs, she believed in Christ and gave her jewels to the poor.
Her father had her shut up and finally put to death, tradition relating that she was shot with arrows, in the first century. The island's cathedral keeps her memory.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Kerkyra the Martyr is commemorated on April 29. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on May 12 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on April 29
John Kaloktenis of Thebes
Hierarch, Ιωάννης ο Καλοκτένης
Saint John Kaloktenis, Metropolitan of Thebes, the New Merciful One.
Eusebius, Zeno, Vitalius and Neon
Martyr, Ευσέβιος, Ζήνων, Βιτάλιος και Νέων
Holy Martyrs Eusebius, Zeno, Vitalius and Neon, who suffered at Corfu with the Apostles Jason and Sosipater.
Seven Martyrs of Corfu
Saint, Επτά Μάρτυρες Κερκύρας
The Holy Seven Martyrs of Corfu, robbers who believed in prison and were martyred in boiling pitch.
Christodoulos the Ethiopian
Martyr, Χριστόδουλος ο Αιθίοψ
Holy Martyr Christodoulos the Ethiopian, who believed at Corfu and was martyred.
Basil of Ostrog
Hierarch, Βασίλειος ο Θαυματουργός εκ Σερβίας
Saint Basil of Ostrog, Bishop of Zahumlje, wonderworker of Montenegro.
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