April 17, 2018

Saints and Feasts of April 17


On the seventeenth Symeon was decapitated at the neck.

Holy Hieromartyr Symeon, Bishop of Persia, 
and those with him: Audella the Presbyter, 
Gothazat, Fousik, and another 
One Thousand One Hundred and Fifty Martyrs

Holy Hieromartyr Symeon the Bishop of Persia and Those With Him (+ 343)


Holy Martyr Adrian the New

Synaxarion of the Holy Martyr Adrian the New


Saint Agapetos, Pope of Rome

Synaxarion of Saint Agapetos I, Pope of Rome (+ 536)


Saint Makarios Notaras, Metropolitan of Corinth 
 
 
 
Saint Zosimas of Solovki  
 
Translation of the Sacred Relics of the 
Venerable Alexander of Svir
 
 
 
 
 
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