Martyr
Martyr Varipsav (Barypsabas)
I–II век
10/23 сентября
Martyr Varipsav — keeper of a vessel containing the Blood of Christ collected at Golgotha, killed by pagans who sought to seize the relic.
Saints
Lives of the saints, their feast days in the church calendar and their icons.
Commemorated today
- Hierarch Luka Zhidyata
- Hierarch Saint Barsanuphius, Bishop of Tver, Wonderworker of Kazan
- Hierarch Saint Gury (Rugotin), Archbishop of Kazan
- Hieromartyr Cheremon of Alexandria
- Hieromartyr Hierotheus, Bishop of Athens
- Martyr Davict (Adauctus) of Ephesus and his daughter Callisphenia
- Venerable Ammon (Amoun) of Nitria
- Venerable, Recluse Elladius of the Kiev Caves, Recluse
- Venerable Helladius of the Kiev Caves, Recluse
- Venerable Paul of Tammah (Coptic)
- Venerable Paul the Simple
- Venerable, Recluse Pior the Recluse of the Kiev Caves
- Right-Believing Vladimir Yaroslavich, Prince of Novgorod
Found: 1926
Martyr
Martyr Varus (Uar) of Egypt
† 307
19 октября/1 ноября
Martyr Varus of Egypt — a Roman military commander, secret Christian, tortured to death for ministering to imprisoned confessors in Alexand…
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Martyr Vera (Faith) of Rome
† 137 (в возрасте 12 лет)
17 сентября/30 сентября (со св. сёстрами Надеждой, Любовью и матерью Софией)
Martyr Vera (Faith) — the eldest of the widow Sophia's three daughters, who at age 12 endured cruel torture and beheading in Rome under Emp…
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Martyr Victor of Damascus
II в. (при имп. Марке Аврелии)
11 ноября/24 ноября
Martyr Victor of Damascus — a Christian soldier who refused to sacrifice to idols and survived a series of tortures unharmed under Emperor …
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Martyr Victor of Marseilles
† ок. 290–304
21 июля/3 августа
Martyr Victor of Marseilles — a Roman military officer who converted three soldiers in prison and was crushed under a millstone under Emper…
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Martyr Vilus (Vitus) of Syria
? — 250
28 окт/10 ноя
Martyr Vilus of Syria (d. c. 250) — one of the seven sons of Martyrs Terence and Neonilla, who suffered with his parents and brothers for C…
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Martyr Vincent of Saragossa (Augustopolis)
? — 304
11/24 ноября
Martyr Vincent of Saragossa (Augustopolis) (d. 304) — deacon and archdeacon of Saragossa, who endured cruel torture for Christ during the p…
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Martyrs Vincent, Orontius, and Victor
† ок. 305
22 января
Martyrs Vincent and Orontius — brothers from Cimiez (Gaul), with their companion Victor, who preached in the Pyrenees and were executed und…
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Martyrs Vitalis and Valeria of Milan
I век (по преданию)
28 апреля/11 мая
Martyrs Vitalis and Valeria of Milan (traditionally 1st c.) — a married couple, parents of Martyrs Gervasius and Protasius of Milan; the hi…
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Martyr Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia
†ок. 303 (при имп. Диоклетиане)
15/28 июня (уточнить: встречается также 16/29 мая — оставлена основная традиция)
Martyr Vitus — a boy from a noble pagan Sicilian family, secretly instructed in Christianity by his tutor Modestus and his nurse Crescentia…
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Martyr Vitus of Rome
ок. 291 — ок. 303
15/28 июня
Martyr Vitus (d. c. 303) — a young martyr from Sicily who suffered during the persecution of Diocletian together with his tutor Modestus an…
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Martyr Vivianus (Valens) of Sebaste
? — 320
9/22 марта
Martyr Vivianus of Sebaste (d. 320) — one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, soldiers tortured in a frozen lake for confessing Christ.
Martyr
Martyr Vukašin of Klepci (Mandrap)
? — 1943
16 мая/29 мая
Martyr Vukašin of Klepci — a Serbian layman tortured to death by the Ustaše at the Jasenovac concentration camp in 1943, praying calmly thr…
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Virgin Martyr Winifred (Gwenffrewi) of Wales
VII в.
3 ноября (по западной/диаспорной традиции)
Martyr Winifred of Wales — a saint of the pre-Schism British Church, beheaded by a spurned suitor and, tradition holds, miraculously restor…
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Martyr Xanthius of Sebaste
† ок. 320
9/22 марта (в числе 40 мучеников Севастийских)
Martyr Xanthius of Sebaste — a soldier of the XII Legion, one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, tortured to death under Emperor Licinius (c.…
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Martyr Zebinas (Zebennus) of Caesarea
III век — †309
13/26 ноября (казнь, 309)
Martyr Zebinas (Zebennus), a native of Eleutheropolis — according to Eusebius of Caesarea, on the Ides of November (November 13), 309, duri…
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Martyr Zeno of Gaza
? — ок. 362
8/21 сентября
Martyr Zeno of Gaza (d. c. 362) — suffered together with his brothers Eusebius and Nestabus at the hands of pagans during the reign of Empe…
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Martyr Zeno of Melitene
? — ок. 311/312
6/19 сентября
Martyr Zeno of Melitene (d. c. 311/312) — suffered for Christ in Melitene, Armenia, together with Martyrs Eudoxius and Macarius; distinct f…
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Martyr Zeno of Nicomedia
† 303
18 апреля/1 мая
Martyr Zeno of Nicomedia — one of five martyrs (with Victor, Zoticus, Akindynos, and Severian), beheaded for confessing Christ, inspired by…
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Martyr Zinaida of Tarsus
I в.
11 октября/24 октября
Martyr Zinaida of Tarsus — a kinswoman and disciple of the Apostle Paul, a physician who treated the poor free of charge together with her …
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Martyr Zoe of Rome
† ок. 287
18 декабря/31 декабря
Martyr Zoe of Rome — wife of the treasury official Nicostratus, healed of muteness by Hieromartyr Sebastian, converted to Christ, and execu…
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Martyr Zoilus of Córdoba
† ок. 304
27 июня
Martyr Zoilus of Córdoba — a Hispano-Roman martyr of the Diocletianic era; included in general ROC veneration by Synodal decision in 2018 a…
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Martyr Zosimus of Spoleto
III век
19 июня/2 июля
Martyr Zosimus of Spoleto (3rd c.) — venerated in both Western and Eastern tradition; suffered for Christ in Italy.
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Martyr Zoticus of Tomi (Caesarea)
? — 303
13/26 сентября
Martyr Zoticus of Tomi (d. 303) — suffered for Christ in the city of Tomi (modern Constanța, Romania) together with Elias, Lucian, and Vale…