Zacharias is the father of St. John the Baptist, the son of Varahia, from the tribe of Aaron, and Elizabeth is the daughter of Sovia, the sister of St. Anna, the mother of the Most Holy Theotokos. During the time of Herod the child killer, the high priest Zechariah served in the Jerusalem temple. Archangel Gabriel appeared to him at the altar and announced that Elizabeth would give birth to a son. Zacharias doubts the words of the evangelist, because both he and his wife were old and mute. He spoke only when, on the day of the child's circumcision, he wrote on the board: "His name is John" (Lk. 1, 63). Later, when Herod started killing children in Bethlehem and the surrounding area, in order to kill the God-child, he sent people to kill Zechariah's son John as well. Jelisaveta ran away with the child, so the soldiers killed Zahari in front of the altar.

Holy Martyrs Juventinus and Maximinus. The Holy Seventy Martyrs. Venerable Athanasius.