♱Daily Synaxarium ♱Wednesday, October 28, 2026translated

On this day, the Holy Church commemorates:

*The family of the martyr Terenceus, his wife Neonila, and their seven children, Nittas, Photius, Charbel, Belis, Iarchus, Theodolus, and Eunice. *Saint Stephen of Sabawi. *Saint Vermilian (Parmilian), Bishop of Caesarea Euphrates, and Saint Melchiunus, Priest of Antioch. *Saint Febronia, daughter of Emperor Heraclius. *The martyr Kyriakos, Bishop of Jerusalem, and his mother, the martyr Anna. * Our holy and righteous father Athanasius, Patriarch of Constantinople. *The new martyrs Angelus, Manuel, George, and Nicholas of Crete. *The righteous Saint Job Pochaev. *Saint Arsanius of Serbia. *The righteous Saint Diomedes of Cyprus. *The martyr Neophytos of Georgia. *Martyr Ratislaw Moravian. *The righteous Saint Paraskevi Peremen of Russia. *Saint Theophilos of Kiev. *What's new about the Russian martyrs is John Vilansky. *Our venerable Father in Saints Demetrius of Rostov of Russia.

✤ The new martyrs Saints Angelus, Manuel, George, and Nicholas of Crete (19th century AD) ✤

Angeles and Manuel are brothers, and George and Nicholas are cousins. They were secretly Christians when Crete was under Turkish occupation. They declared their Christianity openly following the War of Independence between 1821 and 1824. The Ottomans beheaded them. Their remains filled with light and miracles occurred.