Theodore the Presbyter and Pausolypios

Holy Martyrs Theodore the Presbyter and Pausolypios.

Theodore, a priest, and Pausolypios are commemorated together in the Greek synaxaria among the martyrs of the fifteenth of April. Little is preserved of their story beyond their confession of Christ and their death for the faith.

The Church keeps their names in her calendar.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Theodore the Presbyter and Pausolypios is commemorated on April 15. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on April 28 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on April 15

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  Apostles Aristarchus, Pudens & Trophimus

  Apostle, Αρίσταρχος, Πούδης, Τρόφιμος

  Holy Apostles of the Seventy: Aristarchus, Pudens, and Trophimus.

  Name days: Aristarchus, Trophimos

• Leonides of Athens

  Hierarch, Λεωνίδης Αθηνών

  Hieromartyr Leonides, Bishop of Athens, drowned at Corinth with the holy women who followed him.

  Name days: Leonidas, Leonides, Leonidis

• Crescens of Myra

  Martyr, Κρήσκης

  Holy Martyr Crescens of Myra in Lycia, burned for Christ.

• Anastasia and Basilissa of Rome

  Holy Woman, Αναστασία και Βασίλισσα

  Holy Martyrs Anastasia and Basilissa of Rome, who buried the bodies of the Apostles Peter and Paul.

• Ananias of Lacedaemon

  Hierarch, Ανανίας Λακεδαιμονίας

  Hieromartyr Ananias, Metropolitan of Lacedaemon, beheaded by the Turks in 1767.

• Suchias and the Martyrs of Georgia

  Saint, Σούκιος και οι συν αυτώ

  Holy Martyr Suchias and his companions, warriors who suffered for Christ in Georgia.