Zosimas of Palestine

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  Patriarch Photios I of Constantinople

  Photios I (Greek: Φώτιος, Phōtios; c. 810 – c. 893) also spelled Photius or Fotios and known by the Eastern Orthodox churches as St. Photios the Great, was Patriarch of Constantinople from 858 to 867 and from 877 to 886. Photios is widely regarded as the most powerful and influential Patriarch of...
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  Saint Stephen

  Saint Stephen (Koine Greek: Στέφανος, Stephanos), known as the Protomartyr of Christianity, is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Stephen means "wreath" or "crown" in Greek. He was one of the first in the early Church to bear the title...
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  Saint Blaise

  Saint Blaise (Armenian: Սուրբ Բարսեղ, Sourb Barsegh; Greek: Άγιος Βλάσιος, Agios Vlasios) was a physician, and bishop of Sebastea, Armenia (modern Sivas, Turkey). According to his Acta Sanctorum, he was martyred by being beaten, attacked with iron carding combs, and beheaded. He is known as San...
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  Mark the Evangelist

  Mark the Evangelist (Coptic: Ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ; Hebrew: מרקוס; Greek: Μάρκος), is the traditional name of the author of the Gospel of Mark. Tradition identifies him with the John Mark mentioned as a companion of Saint Paul in Acts, who later is said to have become a disciple of Saint Peter. John Mark...
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  Theodore the Studite

  Theodore the Studite, also called St Theodore of Stoudios or St Theodore of Studium (759 - 826), was a Byzantine monk and abbot of the Stoudios monastery in Constantinople. He played a major role in the revivals both of Byzantine monasticism and of classical literary genres in Byzantium. He is...
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  Boris and Gleb

  Boris and Gleb (Russian: Борис и Глеб; Ukrainian: Борис і Гліб - Borys and Hlib), Christian names David and Roman, respectively, were the first saints canonized in Kievan Rus' after the Christianization of the country. According to the two 11th century Lives of Boris and Gleb (ascribed to Nestor...
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  Saint Spyridon

  Saint Spyridon also sometimes written Saint Spiridon (Greek Ἃγιος Σπυρίδων ca. 270–348) is a saint honoured in both the Eastern and Western Christian traditions. Spyridon was born in Asha, in Cyprus. He worked as a shepherd and was known for his great piety. He married and had one daughter, Irene....
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  John Climacus

  Saint John Climacus (Ἰωάννης τῆς Κλίμακος c. 579 – March 30, 649), also known as John of the Ladder, John Scholasticus and John Sinaites, was a 6th century Christian monk at the monastery on Mount Sinai. He is revered as a saint by the Roman Catholic, Oriental Orthodox , Eastern Orthodox and...
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  Anastasius of Persia

  Saint Anastasius of Persia (born with the name Magundat), once a member of the Zoroastrian Magi caste, became a convert of the Holy Cross and was martyred in 628. Anastasius was a soldier in the army of Khusrau II (d. 628) when that monarch carried the True Cross from Jerusalem to Sassanid Persia....

• Benjamin

  Saint Benjamin was a deacon martyred circa 424 in Persia. St. Benjamin was executed during a period of persecution of Christians that lasted forty years and through the reign of two Persian kings: Isdegerd I, who died in 421, and his son and successor, Varanes V. King Varanes carried on the...