Zacharias the Martyr

Holy Martyr Zacharias.

Zacharias is commemorated in the Synaxarion of this day among the martyrs who confessed Christ unto death. The details of his sufferings are not preserved.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Zacharias the Martyr is commemorated on October 22. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on November 4 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on October 22

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  Abercius of Hieropolis

  Hierarch, Αβέρκιος

  Bishop Abercius of Hieropolis, Equal-to-the-Apostles.

  Name days: Averikios, Averki

• Alexander of Adrianople

  Hierarch, Αλέξανδρος ο Επίσκοπος

  Holy Hieromartyr Alexander, Bishop of Adrianople, and the martyrs Herakleios, Anna, Elizabeth, Theodote and Glykeria with him.

• Lot of Egypt

  Venerable, Λωτ

  Venerable Abba Lot of Egypt, one of the Desert Fathers.

• Rufus the Venerable

  Venerable, Ρούφος

  Venerable Rufus the Hermit.

• Gregory of Methone

  Hierarch, Γρηγόριος Μεθώνης

  Holy Ethno-Hieromartyr Gregory, Bishop of Methone, who suffered in the Greek War of Independence.