Onesiphoros the Martyr

Holy Martyr Onesiphoros.

St. Onesiphoros is commemorated on this day as a martyr who confessed Christ during the persecutions of the early Church. Tradition relates that he was put to death for his faith.

His name is kept in the Synaxarion among the martyrs of this day.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Onesiphoros the Martyr is commemorated on July 13. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on July 26 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on July 13

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  Stephen the Sabbaite

  Venerable, Στέφανος ο Σαββαΐτης

  Venerable Stephen the Sabbaite, hymnographer.

  Name days: Stephen, Stephanos, Stefanos

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  Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel

  Great Feast, Σύναξις Αρχαγγέλου Γαβριήλ

  Second Synaxis of the Holy Archangel Gabriel, chief of the Bodiless Powers.

  Name days: Gabriel, Gavriil, Angelos, Angelo

• Sarah of Sketis

  Holy Woman, Σάρρα

  Venerable Sarah, desert mother of Sketis, whose sayings are preserved among the Desert Fathers.

  Name days: Sarah, Sara, Sarra

• Golinduch of Persia

  Holy Woman, Γολινδούχ

  St. Golinduch of Persia, named Maria in baptism, confessor.

• Heliophotoi Martyrs of Cyprus

  Martyr, Άγιοι Ηλιόφωτοι

  The Holy Heliophotoi Martyrs of Cyprus.

• Nikodemos of Tismana

  Venerable, Νικόδημος της Τισμάνα

  Venerable Nikodemos of Tismana, founder of monasteries in Romania.