ST NICANOR, DEACON AND MARTYR - 10 JANUARY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY

Saints celebrated on the 10th of January

Prayer to the Angels and the Saints

Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation.

In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven.

Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses.

Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so that, after sharing their faith on earth, we may also experience their peace in heaven. Amen.

ST NICANOR, DEACON AND MARTYR

Saint Nicanor is mentioned in the Greek and Latin martyrologies as one of the first seven deacons appointed by the apostles.

THEY PREACHED THE GOSPEL ON THE ISLAND OF CYPRUS

They preached the gospel on the island of Cyprus. Because of his faith in Christ he received the crown of martyrdom around A.D. 76, after he had had to endure a number of cruel tortures beforehand.

HIS FEAST DAY

In the Greek Menologium he is mentioned (Boll. Jan. II. 453) with others on May 6  and July 28, in the Menaeans he is found on December 28, but in that source he is not styled a martyr.

(From Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - 🎨 Nicanor the Deacon by Fedor Zubov)