Phaedros the Martyr

Holy Martyr Phaedros, who was put to death with boiling resin.

Saint Phaedros is honoured in the synaxarion as a martyr who was put to death by having boiling resin poured over him.

No other details of his life are preserved.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Phaedros the Martyr is commemorated on November 29. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on December 12 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on November 29

• Paramon and Philomenus

  Martyr, Παράμονος

  Holy Martyrs Paramon and Philumenus.

  Name days: Paramonos

• Dionysios of Corinth

  Hierarch, Διονύσιος Κορίνθου

  Hieromartyr Dionysios, Bishop of Corinth in the second century.

• Valerian the Martyr

  Martyr, Ουαλεριανός

  Holy Martyr Valerian.

• Nicholas of Thessaloniki

  Hierarch, Νικόλαος Θεσσαλονίκης

  Saint Nicholas, Archbishop of Thessaloniki.

• Abibus of Nekresi

  Hierarch, Άβιβος Γεωργίας

  Hieromartyr Abibus, Bishop of Nekresi in Georgia, one of the Thirteen Syrian Fathers.

• Synaxis of the Saints of Achaia

  Saint, Σύναξη των Αχαιών Αγίων

  Synaxis of all the saints of Achaia in the Peloponnese.