Holy Seventy Martyrs who suffered for Christ at Scythopolis in Palestine.
The Seventy Martyrs of Scythopolis are remembered in the synaxaria as Christians who confessed Christ together during the persecutions and were put to death. The details of their contest have not been preserved.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Seventy Martyrs of Scythopolis is commemorated on June 28. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on July 11 of the civil calendar.
Also commemorated on June 28
Sts. Cyrus & John the Unmercenaries
Saint, Κύρος και Ιωάννης
Translation of the relics of the Holy Unmercenaries Cyrus and John.
Sergius and Herman of Valaam
Venerable, Σέργιος και Γερμανός οι εν Βαλάμη
Venerable Sergius and Herman, founders of the Valaam monastery on Lake Ladoga and enlighteners of Karelia.
Paul the Physician of Corinth
Venerable, Παύλος ο Ιατρός
Venerable Paul the physician of Corinth, ascetic falsely accused and vindicated by a miracle.
Sergius the Magistros
Saint, Σέργιος ο Μάγιστρος
Righteous Sergius the Magistros of Paphlagonia, founder of a monastery of the Theotokos.
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