Myron of Crete (Bishop)

Saint Myron the Wonderworker, Bishop of Crete.

Saint Myron was a farmer of Crete known for his generosity, who was later ordained and became bishop of Gortyna. Tradition relates that he once caught thieves in his threshing floor and helped them carry away the grain, moving them to repentance.

He reposed in old age in the fourth century and is honoured as a wonderworker.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Myron of Crete (Bishop) is commemorated on August 8. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on August 21 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on August 8

• 

  Emilian the Confessor

  Hierarch, Αιμιλιανός

  Bishop Aemilianus of Cyzicus.

  Name days: Emilianos, Emilios

• Triantaphyllos of Zagora

  Martyr, Τριαντάφυλλος

  Holy New Martyr Triantaphyllos of Zagora, who suffered at Constantinople.

  Name days: Triantafyllos, Triantafillos, Triantaphyllos, Triantafyllia, Triantafillia

• Eleutherios and Leonides

  Martyr, Ελευθέριος και Λεωνίδης

  Holy Martyrs Eleutherios, Leonides and the Holy Infants, burned for Christ.

• Kallinikos of Edessa

  Hierarch, Καλλίνικος Εδέσσης

  Saint Kallinikos, Metropolitan of Edessa, Pella and Almopia.

• Anastasios of Bulgaria

  Martyr, Αναστάσιος ο εκ Βουλγαρίας

  Holy New Martyr Anastasios of Bulgaria, who suffered at Thessaloniki.

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