Women priests website

A Partial List of Women Deacon Saints

as found in the calendar of the Orthodox Church

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

Introduction?	Overview?	Manuscripts?	Search?
Full documentation on all the ancient Women Deacon Texts is now available in print!

Join our Mailing List
for occasional newsletters:

An email will be immediately sent to you
requesting your confirmation.

We are looking for (voluntary?) full-time or part-time staff

Do you believe strongly in the case of women? Have you carried responsibility? Do you know how to deal with people and have good communication skills?

Then, please, click here to apply

Public Relations Officer

Administrational Assistant

Academic Project Manager

Please, credit this document
as published by www.womenpriests.org!