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Saint Elpidius of Cherson

Bishop
Cherson and the Black Sea region
Feast day: March 7

Icon: Ephraim, Elpidius, Eugene, Basileus, Capito, Aetherius and Agathodorus, bishops of Cherson. Image source: Holy Metropolis of Oropos and Phyle — Iconological Synaxarion

A life of faith

Elpidius was a bishop associated with the early Christian mission in Cherson. He left the Hellespont with Eugene and Agathodorus after they heard that Basileus had been killed. The three continued the mission in Cherson and suffered martyrdom there. Elpidius is remembered with his fellow bishops on March 7.

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