Holy Martyrs Zenobius and Zenobia.
Saints Zenobios and Zenobia were brother and sister from Cilicia in Asia Minor. Zenobios, a physician who healed the sick without payment in the name of Christ, became a bishop of the Church; during the persecution under Diocletian he was arrested, and Zenobia freely joined her brother so that she might share his confession and his sufferings.
Together they endured torture and were beheaded, receiving the crown of martyrdom. The two siblings are commemorated together on October 30.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Zenobios and Zenobia is commemorated on October 30. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on November 12 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on October 30
Kleopas the Apostle
Apostle, Κλεόπας
Holy Apostle Kleopas of the Seventy, to whom the risen Christ appeared on the road to Emmaus, with Saint Joseph, Patriarch of Constantinople.
Tertius, Mark, Justus and Artemas
Apostle, Τέρτιος, Μάρκος, Ιούστος και Αρτεμάς
Holy Apostles Tertius, Mark, Justus and Artemas of the Seventy.
Markianos of Syracuse
Hierarch, Μαρκιανός Συρακουσών
Holy Hieromartyr Markianos, Bishop of Syracuse, disciple of the Apostle Peter.
Asterios, Claudius, Neon and Neonilla
Martyr, Αστέριος, Κλαύδιος, Νέων και Νεονίλλη
Holy Martyrs Asterios, Claudius, Neon and their sister Neonilla of Aegae in Cilicia.
Stephen Milutin, Dragutin and Helen of Serbia
Saint, Στέφανος Μιλιούτιν, Θεόκτιστος και Ελένη
Saints Stephen Milutin, King of Serbia, his brother Dragutin, called Theoktistos in monasticism, and their mother Helen.
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