Theodotos the Martyr

Holy Martyr Theodotos, who ended his contest by the sword.

The Holy Martyr Theodotos is commemorated on January 1. The synaxaria record that he confessed Christ before the pagan authorities and was beheaded for the faith; the details of his time and place have not been preserved.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Theodotos the Martyr is commemorated on January 1. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on January 14 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

People with these names keep their name day on this feast:

Theodotos, Theodotus

Also commemorated on January 1

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  Basil the Great

  Great Feast, Βασίλειος

  Archbishop of Caesarea, one of the Three Holy Hierarchs.

  Name days: Vasilis, Vasileios, Vassilis, Vasile, Basil, Bill, Vasilios, Vassilios, Vasos, Vasily, Vasil, Billy, Vasiliki, Vassiliki, Vasilia, Vaso, Vasso, Vasia

• Circumcision of the Lord

  Great Feast, Περιτομή του Κυρίου

  Feast of the Circumcision of our Lord Jesus Christ on the eighth day after His Nativity.

• Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder

  Hierarch, Γρηγόριος Ναζιανζού

  Bishop of Nazianzus, father of St. Gregory the Theologian.

• Peter the Peloponnesian

  Martyr, Πέτρος ο Πελοποννήσιος

  New Martyr Peter of the Peloponnese, martyred for Christ in the eighteenth century.

• Telemachos the Monk-Martyr

  Martyr, Τηλέμαχος

  Monk who gave his life to end the gladiatorial games in Rome.

  Name days: Telemachos, Tilemachos, Telemachus