Potamia the Wonderworker

Holy Virgin Martyr Potamia the Wonderworker.

The synaxaria record that Saint Potamia was a virgin who confessed Christ and was beheaded by the sword.

She is called Wonderworker because of the miracles attributed to her intercessions.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Potamia the Wonderworker is commemorated on August 7. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on August 20 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

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

Potamia

Also commemorated on August 7

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  Dometios the Persian

  Martyr, Δομέτιος

  Holy Martyr Dometius the Persian.

  Name days: Dometios

• Narkissos Patriarch of Jerusalem

  Hierarch, Νάρκισσος Ιεροσολύμων

  Saint Narkissos, Patriarch of Jerusalem and wonderworker.

• Theodosios the New of Argos

  Venerable, Θεοδόσιος ο Νέος

  Venerable Theodosios the New, healer and ascetic of the Peloponnese.

• Nikanor of Zavorda

  Venerable, Νικάνωρ

  Venerable Nikanor the Wonderworker, founder of the Monastery of Zavorda on Mount Kallistratos.

  Name days: Nikanor, Nikanoras

• Asterios the Senator

  Martyr, Αστέριος

  Holy Martyr Asterios the Senator, who suffered at Caesarea in Palestine.

• Theodora of Sihla

  Holy Woman, Θεοδώρα της Σύχλας

  Venerable Theodora of Sihla, hermitess of the Carpathian mountains.