Apostolic Orthodox ChurchCommunities of the apostolic tradition

Saints & witnesses

Memory that
forms courage.

The AOC commemorates Christian witnesses whose lives speak of faithfulness, pastoral courage and spiritual freedom.

6 May

St Barnabas the Confessor

Commemorated by the Apostolic Orthodox Church as a confessor and bishop.

5 August

Hieromartyr Pavel Adelgeim

Priest remembered for courageous Christian witness and pastoral integrity.

9 September

Hieromartyr & Enlightener Alexander Men

Priest, theologian and missionary teacher canonised by the AOC in 2000.

20 October

St Sergiy of Novosibirsk

Commemorated in the Church’s published calendar of AOC saints.

25 December

St Gleb Yakunin

Co-founder remembered by the AOC for his defense of Christian conscience under Soviet and post-Soviet pressure.

Recognition note

These commemorations are those of the Apostolic Orthodox Church. Canonisations and titles of saints are not necessarily recognised by every other Orthodox jurisdiction.