Holy Martyr Sabinus of Hermopolis in Egypt.
St. Sabinus was a Christian of Hermopolis in Egypt who, during the persecution of Diocletian, hid with a group of believers in a hut outside the city. Betrayed by a beggar whom he had helped, he was arrested, tortured and drowned in the Nile.
The Church keeps his memory on March 16.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Sabinus of Egypt is commemorated on March 16. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on March 29 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on March 16
Christodoulos of Patmos
Venerable, Χριστόδουλος
Venerable Christodoulos, Wonderworker of Patmos.
Name days: Christodoulos, Christodoulus
Julian of Cilicia
Martyr, Ιουλιανός ο εκ Κιλικίας
Holy Martyr Julian of Anazarbus in Cilicia, cast into the sea in a sack.
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