These data were obtained from Women Deacons in the Orthodox Church, by Kyriaki Karodoyanes FitzGerald. She provides many more details about most of these saints.
| Location | Name of Woman Deacon | Feast day |
| Alexandria | St. Domnika | Jan. 8 |
| Nyssa, Greece | St. Theosebia, wife of St. Gregory of Nyssa | Jan. 10 |
| St. Tatiana | Jan. 12 | |
| Island of Kos | St. Xenia, ‘the Merciful’ | Jan. 24 |
| Alexandria | St. Apollonia | Feb. 9 |
| Corinth | St. Priscilla | Feb. 13 |
| Nazianze, Greece | St. Gorgonia | Feb. 23 |
| St. Platonida | April 6 | |
| Rome | St. Tryphena | April 14 |
| Persia | seven women deacon martyrs | May 16 |
| Rome | St. Junia or Julia | May 17 |
| Amnisa, Pontus | St. Macrina, ‘the great teacher’ | July 19 |
| Constantinople | St. Olympia | July 25 |
| Constantinople | St. Irene ‘of Chrysovalantou’ | July 28 |
| St. Lydia | August 3 | |
| Nazianze, Greece | St. Nonna, wife of St. Gregory, Bishop of Nazianze | August 5 |
| Gaul | St. Radegunde | August 13 |
| Corinth, Greece | St. Phoebe | September 3 |
| St. Justina | October 2 | |
| Antioch | St. Poplia ‘Confessor of the Faith’ | October 9 |
| Joppa, Syria | St. Tabitha | October 25 |
| St. Susanna | December 15 | |
| Rome | St. Melania ‘the Younger’ | December 31 |
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