Holy Martyrs Proclus and Hilarius.
The holy martyrs Proclus and Hilarius suffered for Christ in the early centuries of the Church, during the Roman persecutions. Tradition relates that Proclus was seized first and endured torture with steadfastness, and that his witness moved his kinsman Hilarius to confess Christ openly; both were put to death for the faith.
The synaxaria preserve little more than their faithful confession, which the Church treasures as a seed of the Gospel. They are commemorated on November 20.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Proclus the Martyr is commemorated on November 20. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on December 3 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on November 20
Proclos of Constantinople
Hierarch, Πρόκλος
Patriarch of Constantinople, disciple of St. John Chrysostom.
Name days: Proklos
Gregory the Decapolite
Venerable, Γρηγόριος ο Δεκαπολίτης
Venerable Gregory the Decapolite, ascetic and defender of the holy icons.
Dasius of Dorostolum
Martyr, Δάσιος ο εν Δορυστόλω
Holy Martyr Dasius, the soldier of Dorostolum who refused to play the king of the Saturnalia.
Nerses and Joseph of Persia
Hierarch, Νιρσάς και Ιωσήφ
Hieromartyrs Nerses the Bishop and Joseph his disciple, with many others martyred in Persia.
Eustathios, Thespesios and Anatolios
Martyr, Ευστάθιος, Θεσπέσιος και Ανατόλιος
Holy Martyrs Eustathios, Thespesios and Anatolios of Nicaea, three brothers.
Sozomenos of Cyprus
Venerable, Σωζόμενος ο Θαυματουργός
Venerable Sozomenos the Wonderworker, hermit of Karpasia in Cyprus.
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