Trophimos the Apostle

Holy Apostle and Martyr Trophimus.

St. Trophimos was an early confessor of Christ who suffered in Asia Minor during the persecutions of the third century, together with his companions Sabbatios and Dorymedon. Refusing to take part in pagan festivity, they confessed the faith before their judges and endured torture and death for the name of Christ.

The three martyrs are honored together as faithful witnesses who preferred the eternal joy of Christ to the passing pleasures of the world. They are commemorated on September 19.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Trophimos the Apostle is commemorated on September 19. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on October 2 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

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

Trofimos

Also commemorated on September 19

• Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury

  Hierarch, Θεόδωρος Ταρσού

  St. Theodore of Tarsus, Greek monk who became Archbishop of Canterbury.

• Theodore of Smolensk and his sons David and Constantine

  Saint, Θεόδωρος, Δαβίδ και Κωνσταντίνος

  Holy Prince Theodore of Smolensk and Yaroslavl and his sons David and Constantine.

• Zosimas the Hermit of Cilicia

  Venerable, Ζωσιμάς ο Ερημίτης

  Venerable Zosimas the hermit of Cilicia, who lived at peace with the wild beasts.

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