Thirty-Eight Martyrs of Thrace

Holy Thirty-Eight Martyrs who suffered in Thrace.

The synaxaria record that thirty-eight Christians confessed Christ in Thrace and were put to death by the sword.

They are honoured together as a company.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Thirty-Eight Martyrs of Thrace is commemorated on August 23. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on September 5 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on August 23

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  Lupus the Martyr

  Martyr, Λούππος

  Holy Martyr Lupus of Thessaloniki.

  Name days: Louppos

• Irenaeus of Lyons

  Hierarch, Ειρηναίος Λουγδούνου

  Hieromartyr Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, disciple of Saint Polycarp.

  Name days: Irinaios, Irenaeus, Irineos, Ireneos

• Kallinikos Patriarch of Constantinople

  Hierarch, Καλλίνικος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως

  Saint Kallinikos, Patriarch of Constantinople and confessor.

• Irenaeus of Sirmium

  Hierarch, Ειρηναίος Σιρμίου

  Hieromartyr Irenaeus, Bishop of Sirmium.

• Nicholas the Sicilian

  Venerable, Νικόλαος ο Σικελιώτης

  Venerable Nicholas the Sicilian, ascetic of Mount Neotakos in Euboea.