Parthena, Domnina and Neollina

Holy Virgin Martyrs Neollina, Domnina and Parthena of Edessa.

Sts. Neollina, Domnina and Parthena were virgins of Edessa who suffered martyrdom for Christ. The synaxaria record their names and their steadfast confession, but the details of their contest have not been preserved.

They are commemorated on January 11.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Parthena, Domnina and Neollina is commemorated on January 11. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on January 24 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

People with these names keep their name day on this feast:

Parthena, Domnina, Neollina

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.

• Nikephoros of Crete

  Martyr, Νικηφόρος εκ Κρήτης

  New Martyr Nikephoros of Crete.

• Hyginus of Rome

  Hierarch, Υγίνος

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