Holy Martyr Kodratos of Corinth and his companions Anektos, Paul, Dionysios, Kyprianos and Kriskes.
St. Kodratos was born near Corinth in the third century, raised, according to tradition, in the wilderness after the death of his mother, and later educated in medicine. He gathered a group of Christian companions, and during the persecution of Decius they were brought before the governor of Corinth, tortured and beheaded.
With him suffered Anektos, Paul, Dionysios, Kyprianos and Kriskes. The Church honors them together on March 10.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Kodratos of Corinth is commemorated on March 10. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on March 23 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Kodratos, Codratus, Quadratus, Anektos
Also commemorated on March 10
Anastasios the Confessor
Hierarch, Αναστάσιος
Pope Anastasios of Jerusalem.
Name days: Anastasios, Anastasis, Tasos, Tassos, Stathis, Anastasius
Anastasia the Patrician
Holy Woman, Αναστασία η Πατρικία
Venerable Anastasia the Patrician of Alexandria, who lived as a monk in the desert.
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