Onesimus of Ephesus

Onesimus, Archbishop of Ephesus, who reposed in peace.

Onesimus was Archbishop of Ephesus, one of the ancient apostolic sees of Asia Minor. The Synaxarion records that he shepherded his flock in holiness and reposed in peace; the Church also remembers on this day his fellow hierarchs of Ephesus, Ananias and Solochon.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Onesimus of Ephesus is commemorated on December 1. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on December 14 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on December 1

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  Nahum the Prophet

  Prophet, Ναούμ

  Prophet Nahum.

  Name days: Naoum, Nahum

• Philaret the Merciful

  Saint, Φιλάρετος ο Ελεήμων

  Righteous Philaret the Merciful of Amnia in Paphlagonia, famed for his boundless almsgiving.

  Name days: Filaretos, Philaretos, Philaret, Filareti

• Ananias the Persian

  Martyr, Ανανίας ο Πέρσης

  Holy Martyr Ananias of Persia.

  Name days: Ananias

• Theokletos of Lacedaemonia

  Hierarch, Θεόκλητος Λακεδαιμονίας

  Theokletos the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Lacedaemonia (Sparta).

  Name days: Theoklitos, Theocletus

• Antony the New

  Venerable, Αντώνιος ο Νέος

  Venerable Antony the New, ascetic.