28th of February

28th of February
The Synaxarion

On the 28th of the month, we keep the Memory of our Venerable Father BASIL the CONFESSOR, Companion in ascesis of Saint Procopius the Decapolite; the Blessed Hieromartyr NESTOR, Bishop of MAGIDOS; the Blessed Hieromartyr PROTERIUS, Archbishop of ALEXANDRIA; the Venerable MARANA and CYRA; Saint KYRANNA, who fulfilled her martyrdom in torments in the year 1751; our Venerable Father NICOLAS of PSKOV, Fool for Christ; our Venerable Fathers ROMANUS and LUPICINUS, Founders of the Monastery of CONDAT in the Jura mountains; the FORTY THOUSAND Christians who perished during the taking of Antioch by Sultan Baybars; Saint MELETIUS, Bishop of KHARKOV

St. Nestor