Romanos of Parion

Holy Martyr Romanos of Parion.

St. Romanos was a martyr of Parion on the Hellespont whose name the Greek synaxaria record for March 16. Tradition relates that he confessed Christ before the pagan authorities and was put to death by the sword.

The Church keeps his memory on this day.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Romanos of Parion is commemorated on March 16. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on March 29 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on March 16

• Christodoulos of Patmos

  Venerable, Χριστόδουλος

  Venerable Christodoulos, Wonderworker of Patmos.

  Name days: Christodoulos, Christodoulus

• Sabinus of Egypt

  Martyr, Σαβίνος

  Holy Martyr Sabinus of Hermopolis in Egypt.

  Name days: Savinos, Sabinos, Sabinus

• Julian of Cilicia

  Martyr, Ιουλιανός ο εκ Κιλικίας

  Holy Martyr Julian of Anazarbus in Cilicia, cast into the sea in a sack.

• Alexander of Rome

  Hierarch, Αλέξανδρος Πάπας Ρώμης

  Hieromartyr Alexander, Pope of Rome.

• Aninas the Wonderworker

  Venerable, Ανίνας

  Venerable Aninas the Wonderworker of the Euphrates.