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
