Holy Martyr Stratonikos, who suffered with St. Hermylos at Singidunum.
St. Stratonikos was the jailer of St. Hermylos at Singidunum, present-day Belgrade, during the persecution of Licinius. Moved by the sufferings of the deacon, he confessed himself a Christian and was tortured with him; the two were drowned in the Danube.
He is commemorated on January 13.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Stratonikos the Martyr is commemorated on January 13. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on January 26 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on January 13
Maximos Kavsokalyvites
Venerable, Μάξιμος ο Καυσοκαλύβης
Venerable Maximos the Hut-Burner of Mount Athos.
James of Nisibis
Hierarch, Ιάκωβος Νισίβεως
St. James, Bishop of Nisibis, father of the Council of Nicaea.
Jeremiah I of Constantinople
Hierarch, Ιερεμίας Α΄
St. Jeremiah I, Patriarch of Constantinople in the sixteenth century.
Hilary of Poitiers
Hierarch, Ιλάριος
St. Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, defender of the Nicene faith in the West.
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