Holy Martyrs Timothy and Polyeuctus.
The holy martyrs Timothy and Polyeuctus are remembered together on this day. The Synaxarion records that they confessed Christ and were perfected by fire.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Timothy and Polyeuctus is commemorated on December 19. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on January 1 of the civil calendar.
Also commemorated on December 19
Aglaia of Rome
Holy Woman, Αγλαΐα η Ρωμαία
Righteous Aglaia of Rome, who received the relics of the Martyr Boniface.
Elias, Probus and Ares
Martyr, Ηλίας, Πρόβος και Άρης
Holy Martyrs Elias, Probus and Ares, Egyptians who suffered at Ascalon.
Eutychius, Thessalonica and companions
Martyr, Ευτύχιος, Θεσσαλονίκη και οι συν αυτοίς
Holy Martyrs Eutychius and Thessalonica, with two hundred men and seventy women.
Gregentios of Ethiopia
Hierarch, Γρηγέντιος Αιθιοπίας
Gregentios, Bishop of the Himyarites in Arabia and Ethiopia.
Elias of Murom
Venerable, Ηλιού Μουρόμας
Venerable Elias of Murom, wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves.
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