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Saint Aristion of Alexandria

Bishop and martyr
Lesser Alexandria in Cilicia
Feast day: September 3 (Finnish Orthodox Synaxarion)

Aristion, hieromartyr and bishop of Alexandria Image source: Saint.gr image catalogue

A life of faith

Aristion was an archbishop of Alexandria. The Finnish Orthodox life remembers his preaching as encouragement to Christians to deepen their faith and hope. He was brought before the local ruler and condemned to death by burning. The account places his martyrdom in 167.

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Faneromeni parish account

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