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Hieromartyr · 4th century

Hieromartyrs of Cherson

Also known as Basil of Cherson · Ephraim of Cherson · Capito of Cherson · Eugene of Cherson · Aetherius of Cherson · Elpidius of Cherson · Agathodorus of Cherson

A group of seven bishops who carried the Gospel into the North Black Sea region around Cherson in the Crimea and were martyred for their preaching of Christ.

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Notes

Named cluster commemorated together; individual names recorded in Also Known As.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints