Paul of Plousias

Saint Paul the Confessor, Bishop of Plousias in Bithynia.

St. Paul was Bishop of Plousias in Bithynia in the ninth century, during the second period of iconoclasm. For his defense of the holy icons he was persecuted, driven from his see and subjected to many hardships.

He reposed in exile, and the Church honors him as a confessor on March 8.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Paul of Plousias is commemorated on March 8. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on March 21 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on March 8

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  Zacharias

  Prophet, Ζαχαρίας

  Prophet Zacharias, father of John the Baptist.

  Name days: Zacharias, Zach, Zachary, Zacharoula

• Theophylaktos of Nicomedia

  Hierarch, Θεοφύλακτος

  Saint Theophylaktos, Bishop of Nicomedia, confessor against iconoclasm.

  Name days: Theofylaktos, Theophylaktos, Theophylact, Theofilaktos

• Hermes the Apostle

  Apostle, Ερμής

  Holy Apostle Hermes of the Seventy, greeted by Saint Paul in the Epistle to the Romans.

  Name days: Ermis, Hermes

• Dion the Martyr

  Martyr, Δίων

  Holy Martyr Dion.

• Dometios the Venerable

  Venerable, Δομέτιος

  Venerable Dometios, ascetic who reposed in peace.

• Synaxis of the Saints of Laconia

  Saint, Σύναξις Αγίων Λακωνίας

  Synaxis of all the saints who shone forth in Laconia.