Nikephoros of Crete

New Martyr Nikephoros of Crete.

St. Nikephoros was a Cretan who, tradition relates, confessed Christ before the Turkish authorities and was put to death for the faith in the nineteenth century.

He is numbered among the New Martyrs of Crete and is commemorated on January 11.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Nikephoros of Crete is commemorated on January 11. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on January 24 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on January 11

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  Theodosius the Cenobiarch

  Venerable, Θεοδόσιος

  Founder of communal monastic life in Palestine.

  Name days: Theodosios, Theodosius, Fedya, Ted

• Theodosios of Trebizond

  Hierarch, Θεοδόσιος Τραπεζούντος

  St. Theodosios, abbot of Philotheou on Athos and Metropolitan of Trebizond.

• Michael of Klops

  Venerable, Μιχαήλ ο διά Χριστόν Σαλός

  Venerable Michael the Fool-for-Christ of the Klops Monastery near Novgorod.

• Parthena, Domnina and Neollina

  Holy Woman, Παρθένα, Δομνίνα και Νεολλίνα

  Holy Virgin Martyrs Neollina, Domnina and Parthena of Edessa.

  Name days: Parthena, Domnina, Neollina

• Hyginus of Rome

  Hierarch, Υγίνος

  St. Hyginus, Bishop of Rome in the second century.