A partial list of Saints who were women deacons / deaconesses

as found in the calendar of the Orthodox Church

These data were obtained from Women Deacons in the Orthodox Church, by Kyriaki Karodoyanes FitzGerald.
She provides many more details about most of these saints.

LocationName of Woman DeaconFeast day
AlexandriaSt. DomnikaJanuary 8
Nyssa, GreeceSt. Theosebia, wife of St. Gregory of NyssaJanuary 10
RomeSt. TatianaJanuary 12
Island of KosSt. Xenia, ‘the Merciful’January 24
AlexandriaSt. ApolloniaFebruary 9
CorinthSt. PriscillaFebruary 13
Nazianze, GreeceSt. GorgoniaFebruary 23
SyriaSt. PlatonidaApril 6
RomeSt. TryphenaApril 14
Persiaseven women deacon martyrsMay 16
RomeSt. Junia or JuliaMay 17
Amnisa, PontusSt. Macrina, ‘the great teacher’July 19
ConstantinopleSt. OlympiaJuly 25
ConstantinopleSt. Irene ‘of Chrysovalantou’July 28
ThyatiraSt. LydiaAugust 3
Nazianze, GreeceSt. Nonna, wife of St. Gregory, Bishop of NazianzeAugust 5
GaulSt. RadegundeAugust 13
Corinth, GreeceSt. PhoebeSeptember 3
PaduaSt. JustinaOctober 2
AntiochSt. Poplia ‘Confessor of the Faith’October 9
Joppa, SyriaSt. TabithaOctober 25
St. SusannaDecember 15
RomeSt. Melania ‘the Younger’December 31
Introduction?Overview?Manuscripts?

Full documentation on all the ancient
Women Deacon Texts
is now available in print!