Agathon Stylites
On this day died the holy father, Abba Agathon of the pillar. This holy man came from the city of Tenis (Tanis, or the Field of Zoan, i.e. San Al-Hagar) in the north of the land of Egypt.
From the Synaxarium
Meskerem 14 · September 24
2 commemorations
Macarius and martyr, Bartholomew, 'Awedra, Naso and Degana
On this day are commemorated Makari (Macarius) the martyr, and Bartholomew, and 'Awedra, and Nasen (Naso), and Degana the priest.
From the Synaxarium, the Book of the Saints of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, in the translation of Sir E. A. Wallis Budge (1928). Summarised — the full account is longer.
