Viktor the Martyr

Holy Martyr Viktor.

St. Viktor is a martyr whose name the Greek synaxaria record for March 30 with the note that he completed his witness by the sword. Nothing further of his life has been preserved.

The Church keeps his memory on this day.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Viktor the Martyr is commemorated on March 30. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on April 12 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on March 30

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  John Climacus

  Venerable, Ιωάννης της Κλίμακος

  Venerable John Climacus, author of The Ladder of Divine Ascent.

  Name days: John, Ioannis, Yiannis

• Zacharias of Corinth

  Hierarch, Ζαχαρίας Κορίνθου

  Hieromartyr Zacharias, Metropolitan of Corinth, beheaded by the Ottomans.

• John of Jerusalem

  Hierarch, Ιωάννης Ιεροσολύμων

  Saint John, Patriarch of Jerusalem.

• Euboule

  Holy Woman, Ευβούλη

  Righteous Euboule, mother of the Great Martyr Panteleimon.

  Name days: Evvouli, Euboule, Evouli

• Sophronios of Irkutsk

  Hierarch, Σωφρόνιος Ιρκούτσκ

  Saint Sophronios, Bishop of Irkutsk, missionary of Siberia.