The seven Maccabee brothers, their mother Solomone and their teacher Eleazar, martyred for the Law of God before Christ.
The Holy Maccabees are the seven brothers who, with their mother Solomone and the aged scribe Eleazar, refused to break the Law of God under the Syrian king Antiochus Epiphanes. Their story is told in the Second Book of Maccabees.
The Church honours them as forerunners of the Christian martyrs, and their mother as an image of steadfast faith who encouraged each of her sons to endure to the end.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Seven Maccabees, Solomone and Eleazar is commemorated on August 1. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on August 14 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on August 1
Beginning of the Dormition Fast
Saint, Αρχή Νηστείας
Beginning of the Dormition Fast — Procession of the Cross.
Elesa of Kythira
Martyr, Ελέσα
Holy Virgin-Martyr Elesa, patron saint of Kythira and protector of childbirth and expectant mothers.
Procession of the Precious Cross
Saint, Πρόοδος Τιμίου Σταυρού
Procession of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross, opening the Dormition Fast with the blessing of waters.
Nine Martyrs of Perge
Saint, Εννέα Μάρτυρες Πέργης
Holy Nine Martyrs who suffered at Perge in Pamphylia under Diocletian.
Timothy of Proconnesus
Hierarch, Τιμόθεος Προκοννήσου
Saint Timothy the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Proconnesus.
Anthony the New of Constantinople
Venerable, Αντώνιος ο Νέος
Venerable Anthony the New, wonderworker and ascetic.
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