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Synaxis of the Saints of Achaia

Σύναξη των Αχαιών Αγίων

Saint

Feast day November 29

Synaxis of all the saints of Achaia in the Peloponnese.

On this day the Church of Greece commemorates together all the saints connected with Achaia in the northern Peloponnese, from the Apostle Andrew, who was martyred at Patras, to the martyrs and ascetics of later centuries.

The feast is kept on the eve of the Apostle Andrew's memory.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Synaxis of the Saints of Achaia is commemorated on November 29. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on December 12 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on November 29

  • Paramon and Philomenus

    Martyr, Παράμονος

    Holy Martyrs Paramon and Philumenus.

    Name days: Paramonos

  • Dionysios of Corinth

    Hierarch, Διονύσιος Κορίνθου

    Hieromartyr Dionysios, Bishop of Corinth in the second century.

  • Phaedros the Martyr

    Martyr, Φαίδρος

    Holy Martyr Phaedros, who was put to death with boiling resin.

  • Valerian the Martyr

    Martyr, Ουαλεριανός

    Holy Martyr Valerian.

  • Nicholas of Thessaloniki

    Hierarch, Νικόλαος Θεσσαλονίκης

    Saint Nicholas, Archbishop of Thessaloniki.

  • Abibus of Nekresi

    Hierarch, Άβιβος Γεωργίας

    Hieromartyr Abibus, Bishop of Nekresi in Georgia, one of the Thirteen Syrian Fathers.

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