Ethiopian eunuch

Saint

Djan Darada
Ethiopian Eunuch
Martyr
BornUnknown
c. 1st century BC or 1st century AD
presumably Ethiopia
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodoxy
(Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church)
Protestantism
(Episcopal Church)
Feast4 January, 17 June,
and 27 August
(in the Eastern Orthodox Church)

The Ethiopian eunuch, also called as Djan Darada (Russian: Джан Дарада), also identified as Simeon Bakos, is a figure in the New Testament of the Bible and an early Christian saint. His feast days are on 4 January, 17 June, and on 27 August. The story of his conversion to Christianity at the preaching of Philip the Evangelist is recounted in Acts 8. He is a foundational figure of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.

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