Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints
- Chaermon, Ischyion and other martyrs
- Anastasia, martyr
St. Chaermon (died ca. 250 A.D.) was bishop of Nilopolis, Egypt. During Decius' persecution of Christians, and when he was already an old man, he fled to the mountains of Arabia and was never seen again.
December 22 Saints in the Byzantine Calendar
- St. Anastasia, Great-Martyr
St. Anastasia (d. ca. 304 A.D.) is commemorated this day in both the Roman Calendar and the Byzantine Calendar. She was a martyr venerated in Rome since the fifth century A.D. and is mentioned in the Canon of the Roman Mass.
There are many versions on her life. One story says she was the daughter of a noble Roman and had Chrysogonus as her spiritual director. She was married to a pagan and cared for Christians who were in prison during the persecution of Christians during Diocletian's reign. Because of her aid to prisoners, she herself was eventually arrested and executed.
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