Petronia the Martyr

Holy Martyr Petronia.

St. Petronia was a Christian woman who confessed Christ in the time of the persecutions and was beheaded for the faith.

She is commemorated on September 29.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Petronia the Martyr is commemorated on September 29. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on October 12 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on September 29

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  Cyriac the Hermit

  Venerable, Κυριακός

  Venerable Cyriacus the Hermit.

  Name days: Kyriakos, Kyriakos, Cyriacus

• Malachi the New Martyr of Rhodes

  Martyr, Μαλαχίας ο Νέος

  New Martyr Malachi of Rhodes, monk martyred in Jerusalem.

• Gobdelaas, Dadas, Kasdoos and Kasdoa

  Martyr, Γοβδελαάς, Δάδας, Κάσδοος και Κασδόα

  Holy Martyrs Dadas, Gobdelaas, Kasdoos and Kasdoa of Persia.

• Theophanes the Merciful of Gaza

  Venerable, Θεοφάνης ο Φιλεύσπλαγχνος

  Righteous Theophanes the Merciful of Gaza.

• Three New Martyrs of Vrachori

  Martyr, Νεομάρτυρες Βραχωρίου

  The three New Martyrs of Vrachori, the present Agrinio, martyred under the Ottomans.