Holy Martyrs, a grandfather, grandmother, father, mother and their two children.
The Greek synaxarion for March 9 records a whole household of martyrs, a grandfather and grandmother, a father and mother, and their two children, who confessed Christ together and were put to death for the faith. Their names have not been preserved.
The Church honors the family as one company of martyrs on this day.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Six Martyrs of One Family is commemorated on March 9. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on March 22 of the civil calendar.
Also commemorated on March 9
Forty Holy Martyrs of Sebaste
Martyr, Σαράντα Μάρτυρες
The Forty Holy Martyrs who froze in the lake of Sebaste.
Name days: Sarantis
Ourpasianos
Martyr, Ουρπασιανός
Holy Martyr Ourpasianos of Nicomedia, burned in an iron cage.
Name days: Ourpasianos
Kaisarios the Physician
Saint, Καισάριος
Righteous Kaisarios, physician, brother of Saint Gregory the Theologian.
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