Markellos of Solea

St. Markellos, Bishop of Solea in Cyprus.

St. Markellos was Bishop of Solea in Cyprus and is honoured among the holy hierarchs of the island. Tradition relates that he shepherded his flock in holiness and reposed in peace.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Markellos of Solea is commemorated on February 25. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on March 10 (a day earlier in leap years) of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on February 25

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  Tarasios

  Hierarch, Ταράσιος

  Patriarch of Constantinople.

  Name days: Tarasios

• Riginos of Skopelos

  Hierarch, Ρηγίνος Σκοπέλου

  Hieromartyr Riginos, Bishop of Skopelos.

  Name days: Riginos, Reginos

• Alexander of Drizipara

  Martyr, Αλέξανδρος ο εν Δριζιπάρω

  Holy Martyr Alexander of Drizipara in Thrace.

• Antonios the Martyr

  Martyr, Αντώνιος ο Μάρτυς

  Holy Martyr Antonios, who was burned for Christ.

• Theodore the Fool-for-Christ

  Saint, Θεόδωρος ο δια Χριστόν σαλός

  Righteous Theodore, Fool-for-Christ.