Nicholas of Thessaloniki

Saint Nicholas, Archbishop of Thessaloniki.

Saint Nicholas, Archbishop of Thessaloniki, is recorded in the Synaxarion of Constantinople and the Menaia as having reposed in peace on this day. Later lists of the bishops of Thessaloniki place him in the second century, though this dating is uncertain.

No details of his life are preserved.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Nicholas of Thessaloniki is commemorated on November 29. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on December 12 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on November 29

• Paramon and Philomenus

  Martyr, Παράμονος

  Holy Martyrs Paramon and Philumenus.

  Name days: Paramonos

• Dionysios of Corinth

  Hierarch, Διονύσιος Κορίνθου

  Hieromartyr Dionysios, Bishop of Corinth in the second century.

• Phaedros the Martyr

  Martyr, Φαίδρος

  Holy Martyr Phaedros, who was put to death with boiling resin.

• Valerian the Martyr

  Martyr, Ουαλεριανός

  Holy Martyr Valerian.

• Abibus of Nekresi

  Hierarch, Άβιβος Γεωργίας

  Hieromartyr Abibus, Bishop of Nekresi in Georgia, one of the Thirteen Syrian Fathers.

• Synaxis of the Saints of Achaia

  Saint, Σύναξη των Αχαιών Αγίων

  Synaxis of all the saints of Achaia in the Peloponnese.