Today, Friday, September 13, according to the Calendar of Saints, we commemorate the memory of Saint Aristides the martyr, Hieromartyr Cornelius.
Saint Aristides was a Christian apologist and philosopher who lived in the 2nd century. His memory is honored by the church every year on September 13. On this day, those named Aristides celebrate.
Aristides was from Athens and studied philosophy, with particular emphasis on Neoplatonism. He embraced Christianity and fought to prove the correctness of the Christian faith, the excellent ethics of Christians, and the unjust treatment towards them by the Roman Empire and the people. His apologetic work was titled “On Divine Worship,” written in 140, and was addressed to the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius.
Today celebrate:
- Aristides, Aristos, Aris
- Aristea, Aristoula, Aristina
- Cornelius, Cornelis, Cornilo
- Cornelia, Cornila
Sunrise: 07:05
Sunset: 19:36
Day duration: 12 hours 31 minutes
Moon 9.5 days
September 13 of each year has been declared as World Sepsis Day, initiated by the international organization “Global Sepsis Alliance” (GSA), one of the founding members of which is the Hellenic Sepsis Study Group.
Sepsis is defined as the totality of changes in metabolism and hemodynamics, resulting from a generalized inflammatory response of the human organism to an infectious agent (bacteria, virus, fungus, or parasite). It frequently leads to death due to multi-organ failure (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome) and irreversible drop in blood pressure (septic shock).
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