October Synaxarion

This month has thirty-one days with eleven hours of day and thirteen
hours of night.

October 1
Memory of the holy Apostle Ananias, one of the Seventy Disciples (First century)
Our venerable Father Roman the Hymnographer (+after 556)
A native of Damascus, Saint Ananias, forewarned by a
divine apparition, baptized the Apostle Paul there around
the year 37.
Saint Roman was born in Emesa, Syria, and was chosen a
deacon of the Church rtrrof the Resurrection in Beirut. He
went to Constantinople under Emperor Anastasius I (+518)
and lived in the Cyrus district in the Church of the Most
Holy Theotokos. He received a charism for composing his
Kondakia, of which unquestionably, that of the feast of the
Nativity according to the flesh of Our Lord, God, and
Savior Jesus Christ is the most beautiful. He composed
numerous canticles for the Lord's feasts and Saints'
commemorations. Without doubt he was a priest, as he took
part in the synod held under Patriarch Menas, against the
Monophysite Anthimos. He died in peace after 556.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 2
Memory of the holy Hieromartyr Cyprian
Memory of the holy virgin Martyr Justina (+304)
Cyprian, a man well versed in false philosophy and magic,
used all his skill to unsettle the holy resolution of the virgin
Justina. Finally convinced of the treachery of the demon, it
is told that he ran to Anthimos, Bishop of a city in the
vicinity of Antioch, Syria, and received holy baptism after

having burned all his magic books. He was clothed in the

monastic habit and, consecrated bishop, he conferred the
order of deaconess upon the pious virgin Justina. Seized
with her, they were both sent to Nicomedia to Emperor
Diocletian, who ordered that they be beheaded around the
year 304.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 3
Memory of the holy Hieromartyr Dionysius the
Areopagite (+under Domitian, 81-96)
Saint Dionysius was converted to the Christian faith in the
year 53 at the time when Saint Paul preached in Athens. If
we are to believe what Eusebius (IV, 23) relates to us
according to Saint Dionysius of Corinth, Dionysius the
Areopagite was the first Bishop of Athens. It is believed
that he suffered for the faith under Emperor Domitian (8196). Several posterior theological writings were attributed
to him, which, by reason of the authority of his name,
exercised a great influence.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 4
Memory of our Father among the Saints, Hierotheos,
Bishop of Athens
According to the Greek Menaia, Saint Hierotheos "was one
of the nine counsellors of the Areopagus." He was
instructed by Saint Paul the Apostle and consecrated
Bishop of Athens. In his turn he taught the Christian faith to
Dionysius the Areopagite. After having led a holy life
completely filled by the love of God, and having pleased
the Creator by his conduct and good works, he committed
his soul into the Lord's hands.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 5
Memory of the holy and glorious Apostle Thomas (First
Century)
Thomas, surnamed Didymos, the Twin, was chosen by the
Lord as an Apostle. He was not with the other disciples
when Jesus appeared to them after His Resurrection. As he
had not believed what the others told him concerning this
apparition, Jesus appeared to them, all reunited, and said to
Thomas: "See my hands... and put your hand into my side,
and be not unbelieving, but believing" (John 20:27).
Tradition says that this holy Apostle preached the word of
God to the Medians, Parthians, Persians, and Indians. He
was seized by King Smidaios for having converted and
baptized his son Azanes, his wife Tertia, and his two
daughters Migdonia and Marka. He was handed over to
five soldiers who led him up a mountain and there, pierced
him through with their lances. It is thusly that he committed
his soul to God. The foundation of the Malabrese and
Malankarese Churches of India is attributed to him.
Fourth Class Feast, follow the general order or Fourth Class Feasts.

October 7
Memory of the holy Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus (+297)
It is said that these holy martyrs lived in the time of
Emperor Maximian Galerius. Sergius was first in
command, and Bacchus second in command, of the legion
of the "Foreigners." Bacchus was so cruelly beaten with ox
ligaments that he expired under the beating. Sergius, after
having suffered various tortures by order of the commander
of the legion, died by the sword around 297.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 8

Memory of our venerable Mother Pelagia (second half

of the Fifth century)
Born in Antioch, Syria, in the second half of the Fifth
century, it is believed that Pelagia, who led a dissolute life
in the city, was delivered over completely to the pleasures
of dancing and the theatre. Instructed in the faith by
Nonnus, the Bishop of Edessa, she received the baptism of
salvation and did penance with a holy ardor on the Mount
of Olives. There she committed her soul to God after a holy
life.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 9
Memory of the holy Apostle James, son of Alpheus
(First century)
Our venerable Father Androsnicos, and his wife
Athanasia (Fifth century)
According to the opinion of some Oriental Church Fathers
of Saint Epiphanios of Cyprus and Saint Gregory of Nyssa
in particular, the Apostle James, the son of Alpheus, was
distinct from James, the brother of the Lord, as he is
commemorated on a different date.
The brother of John the Evangelist, James was called at the
same time that John was the by the Lord and, like him, was
a witness of the Transfiguration. Jesus called them both
"Boanerges", or "Sons of Thunder." James was the first
among the Apostles to shed his blood in witness of Christ
in the city of Jerusalem. He is surnamed James the Greater
to distinguish him from James the Less, the "brother of the
Lord" and first Bishop of Jerusalem.
According to tradition, Saint Andronicos was a native of
Antioch, Syria. After having led an ascetic life in company
with his wife, Saint Athanasia, he died in Egypt at an old
age in the Fifth century.
Fourth Class Feast.

October 10
Memory of the holy Martyrs Eulampios and his Sister
Eulampia (beginning of the Fourth century)
According to the Menaia, these Saints lived under Emperor
Maximian and President Maximos. Several Christians,
hidden in the mountain, one day sent Saint Eulampios to
buy bread for them in the city. This Saint went along to the
city. He saw there imperial edicts posted on the walls.
While he read them, he was seized by the pagans.
Interrogated by the Emperor, he courageously confessed
that he was a Christian. Having entered the temple of the
idols as if to sacrifice to them, he commanded Ares (Mars
to fall. Immediately, the idol fell and smashed. While he
was being executed, his sister Eulampia arrived
unexpectedly and prayed to the Saint to intercede for her
that she be martyred with him. Both were thrown into a
caldron of boiling water, but suffered no harm. Seeing this,
a crowd of two-hundred people believed in Christ and were
beheaded at the same time as them.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 11
Memory of the holy Apostle Philip, one of the Seven
Deacons (First century)
Our venerable Father Theophanes the Confessor,
Metropolitan of Nicaea, the Scarred (778-845)
Saint Philip was born in Caesarea, Palestine. He had four
daughters by his marriage who all prophesied. Ordained a
deacon by the Apostles at the same time as Stephen and his
companions, he announced the word in Samaria. He
conferred holy baptism on Simon the Magician who
hypocritically feigned conversion. Transported by an angel,
he baptized on route the Eunuch of Candace, the Queen of
Ethiopia or Nubia.
Saint Theophanes the Hymnographer (778-845) was the
brother of Saint Theodore whose feast is celebrated on
December 27. Born of pious parents living in Jerusalem,

they received a complete education in religious knowledge

as well as in profane knowledge. They embraced the
monastic life in the year 800 at the laura of Saint Sabbas
and were ordained priests. Around 813, they went to
Constantinople under Emperor Michael I Rangabe, and
were exiled by the iconoclast Emperor Leo the Armenian to
a prison on the Bosphorus. Released in 820 by Michael II
the Stammerer, they were thrown into prison for a long
time by the impious Emperor Theophilos who, after having
heaped beatings upon them, exiled them again in 834 to the
island of Aphousia in Propontus. Two years later, the
impious Emperor recalled them from prison, had them
cruelly whipped, branded their foreheads with satirical
verses containing their condemnation, and sent them back
to prison. Saint Theodore died at Apamea of Bithynia in
844. As for Saint Theophanes, recalled from exile, after the
disappearance of the impious Theophilos, by the pious
emperor Michael and Empress Theodora, he was elected
Bishop of Nicaea and died in 845.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 11
On Sunday, October 11, or the following Sunday:
Synaxis of the Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council of Nicaea,
who joined forces against the iconoclasts under Empress Irene and her
son Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (787).
On the Sunday which falls between October 11 and 17, the memory is
commemorated of the 350 Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council,
held in Nicaea in 787 against the Iconoclasts.
Third Class Feast. Typika and Beatitudes. Isodikon of the Sunday.
Troparia: of the Resurrection, of the Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical
Council of Nicaea, and of the Church Patron. Common Kondakion.
Epistle of the Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council of Nicaea.
Gospel of the Fourth Sunday after the Exaltation of the Venerable and
Life-giving Cross. Kinonikon of the Sunday.
Epistle: Titus 3:8-15.
Gospel from the fourth Sunday after the Exaltation of the Venerable
and Life-giving Cross; Luke 8:5-15.

October 12
Memory of the holy Martyrs Probus, Tarachos, and
Andronicos (+304)
Saint Probus was a citizen of the city of Side in Pamphylia.
Tarachos was a soldier, a native of Claudiopolis of Isauria,
and Andronicos was the descendent of a noble family of
Ephesus in Asia. Let to Pompeiopolis (or Scoli), in Cilicia,
before President Maximos, under Emperor Diocletian, then
to Tarsus and to Mopsuestia, they courageously suffered all
sorts of tortures during various questionings and their lives
were ended by the sword at Anazarbus in 304.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 13
Memory of the holy Martyrs Carpos, Papylos and
Agathonice (+under Decius, 249-251)
Carpos was Bishop of Gordes in Lydia, and Papylos was a
deacon of Thyatira. Arrested by the order of the
protoconsul of Asia, they were fastened to stakes,
tormented, and committed to the fire, at the same time as
Saint Agathonice.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 14
Memory of the holy Martyrs Nazarios, Gervasios,
Protasios, and Celsios (+64-68, under Nero)
Our venerable Father Cosmas the Hagiopolite, the Poet,
Bishop of Maiuma (+760)
It is believed that the holy martyr Nazarios and his
companions, Gervasios, Protasios, and Celsios, suffered for
the faith under Emperor Nero around 64-68.

Saint Cosmas the Hagiopolite was a native of Jerusalem.

Sergius, the father of the Saint John Damascene, welcomed
him as a youth into his home and rescued him from
extreme poverty. He adopted him, took care of his
education, and poverty. He adopted him, took care of his
education, and saw to it that he covered the whole cycle of
religious and profane learning. Cosmas embraced the
monastic life in company with John, in the famous laura of
Saint Sabbas. We can see for ourselves the degree of
learning and literary elegance which our Saint reached by
examining the number of canons and troparia that he
carefully composed. In 743, he was made Bishop of
Maiuma. He committed his soul to God around 760.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 15
Memory of the Hieromartyr Lucian, Priest of the
Church of Antioch (+312)
Saint Lucian, a native of Antioch, lived under Emperor
Diocletian. He devoted himself to the study of the Hebrew
text of the Old Testament and the Greek versions. He
carefully examined some passages found lacking, which on
the contrary, had been interpolated. He restored each text to
its place in the Scripture and made an edition of the Bible
when he was a priest in Antioch. Led to Nicomedia, where
Emperor Maximian was at that time, he made an apology
for Christian doctrine before his judge. He was thrown into
prison and later put to death.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 16
Memory of the holy Martyr Longinus the Centurion
(First century)
If the old Menologia are to be believed concerning him,
Saint Longinus was a native of Cappadocia, a centurion
under the orders of Pilate, the Governor of Judea, in the

time of Emperor Tiberius. He received the order to preside

at the Passion and Crucifixion, and then to guard Christ's
tomb with a detachment of soldiers. A witness of the
marvels which took place on this occasion: the earthquake,
night replacing the sunlight, the tombs open and the rocks
crack, he cried out: "Truly, He was the Son of God." He
also threw away the money which he was offered to
conceal Christ's Resurrection and withdrew with two
soldiers who subsequently suffered martyrdom with him.
He therefore left the army, returned to his country, and
courageously preached Christ's divinity there. But Pilate
accused Longinus before Tiberius of having deserted the
army, of having returned to his country, and of preaching
Christ's divinity there. By the order of Tiberius, he was
immediately beheaded, as were his two companions. His
head was sent from Cappadocia to Jerusalem to attest that
he had been put to death.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 17
Memory of the holy Prophet Osee (Seventh century
B.C.)
The holy Hosiomartyr Andrew of Crete (+767)
The holy prophet Osee was of the tribe of Issachar. Having
received the gift of prophecy, he reprimanded his fellow
citizens for their faults and infidelity. He prophesied against
Israel and the nations and announced the marvelous coming
of the Lord upon earth (Seventh century B.C.).
Saint Andrew was born in Crete and embraced the monastic
life. At the time of the Iconoclast Emperors, he went to
Constantinople and died for the faith under Constantine V
Corpronymus, in 767. His holy body was thrown in Crisis,
the burial-place of evil-doers.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 18

Memory of the holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke (First

century)
Born in Antioch, Saint Luke was of pagan origin and a
doctor by profession. After the persecution which arose on
account of Stephen, Luke became an ardent disciple of
Christ. "There were there some natives of Cyprus and
Cyrene whom, having come to Antioch, addressed the
Greeks and announced the Lord Jesus to them" (Acts
11:19-20). A traveling companion of Saint Paul, he wrote
the Gospel which bears his name, as well as the Acts of the
Apostles. His symbol is the bull, the third symbolic animal
seen by the prophet Ezechiel (Ezechiel 1:10), because his
Gospel begins by a scene from the religious life of the Old
Testament, where the principle animals immolated in
sacrifice were bulls.
Fourth Class Feast, follow the general order of a Fourth Class Feast.
In occurrence with a Sunday: the Epistle and Gospel are from the
Menologion; the Epistle and Gospel of the Sunday are read on Monday,
October 19.

October 19
Memory of the holy Prophet Joel (Sixth century B.C.).
The holy Martyr Varus (+307)
The prophetic ministry of Joel is characterized by his
prediction of the famine and cessation of the sacrifices, He
also spoke of the Holy Spirit that the Apostles would
receive on Pentecost day and of the Last Judgment.
The holy martyr Varus suffered for the faith in Palestine
under Emperor Maximian, around 307.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 20
Memory of the holy Megalomartyr Artemios (+330)

A venerable Duke of Alexandria and a Patrician, Saint

Artemios was held in great esteem by Constantinople.
Under Julius the Apostate, this Blessed One spontaneously
presented himself at the conflict in Antioch where the
Emperor was persecuting Christians. After several tortures,
he died by the sword. The Maronites venerate him under
the name of Saint Shallita.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 21
Memory of our venerable Father Hilarion the Great
(+371)
Born in Palestine in the market-town of Thabatha, Hilarion
lived in Gaza under Emperor Constantine the Great. He
went to Alexandria because of his love of learning, and
received holy baptism there. Having heard of St. Anthony's
life, he became his emulator and spent some time by his
side to learn the practice of asceticism. Returning to his
country, he withdrew to the desert and merited by the purity
of his life to receive the gift of prophecy. He lived eighty
years and died in 371.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 22
Memory of Saint Abercius, the Wonderworker Equalto-the-Apostles, Bishop of Hierapolis, (under Antoninus,
he died between 161-180)
The Seven Holy Children Martyrs who fell asleep at
Ephesus (ca.250)
Abercius was Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia Salutaris
under Emperor Mark Anthony (161-180), and died around
the end of the Second century. He had his epitaph engraved
during his lifetime, in the symbolic form of the First
century Christians: "The citizen of an eminent city, I made
this tomb...My name is Abercius. I am the disciple of a

chaste shepherd who feeds his flock of ewes on mountains

and plains; who has very great eyes which see everything.
He taught me the faithful Scriptures. He sent me to Rome
to behold the Sovereign City and to see the Queen in
golden raiment and golden shoes. There I saw a people who
wear a splendid seal..., and everywhere faith led me.
Everywhere it served me a fish from the spring, mighty and
pure, whom a pure Virgin caught. It gave fish without
ceasing to friends to eat. It has a delicious wine which it
gives with bread...Let the brother who understands pray for
Abercius..." This moment is actually found in Rome, in the
Lateran Museum.
It is said that the seven brothers of Ephesus were walled up
alive in a grotto around 250 by Optimus, the proto-consul
of Asia, under Emperor Decius. The legend says that they
were restored to life for a time, three hundred years after
their martyrdom. This legend has been taken by the Koran
(sourate al-Kahf).
Fifth Class Feast.

October 23
Memory of the holy Hieromartyr and Apostle James,
Brother of the Lord, first Bishop of Jerusalem (+62)
According to a good many Oriental Church Fathers and the
common tradition of the Western Church, James was the
nephew of Saint Joseph, consequently the son of Cleopas or
Clopas (also called Alpheus), the brother of Saint Joseph,
and of Mary the spouse of Cleopas, the sister or more
exactly the first cousin of the Holy Virgin. By reason of this
relationship, he was called in antiquity "the brother of the
Lord," according to the language of Holy Scripture. Thus
James, the brother of the Apostles Simon and Jude, is called
"the Less" by the Evangelists (Mark 15:40) to distinguish
him from Saint Jerome, the eminent commentator on the
Holy Scriptures, he suffered and died in 62 under Emperor
Nero. He is a distinct from Saint James, the son of Alpheus,
who is commemorated on October 9.
Fourth Class Feast, follow the general order of Fourth Class Feasts.

October 24
Memory of the Holy Great martyr Arethas and of his
companions (+522-523)
There was in the time of Emperor Anastasius I (491-518) in
the country of the Homeirites in Arabia among the Jewish
population, a small Christian community in the city of
Najran. The King of Ethiopia, Elevsvahan, conquered the
country of the Homeirites and placed a garrison at Saphar.
Dhounouas, a Jew, revolted against the Ethiopians,
massacred the garrison and marched against Najran, which
remained under Elesvahan's domination. After having taken
the city, he threw priests, levites, monks, and nuns into a
furnace, and handed over 427 of them to the fire. He
treacherously massacred Arethas, the chief of the tribe, with
his soldiers and all the remaining Christians, four thousand
in number, in 522-523.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 25
Memory of the Martyrs, the Notaries Marcian and
Martyrios (+358)
Marcian and Martyrios were lectors, and served in the
office of secretaries to Saint Paul, the Archbishop of
Constantinople, under the Arian Emperor Constantius.
When Saint Paul was exiled to Armenia, where he was
strangled to death by the Arians, these holy martyrs were
also beheaded for the same reason in 358. Martyrios was a
sub-deacon and Marcian a cantor and lector. Their famous
tomb, situated before the walls of Constantinople, became a
place of prayer like all the other tombs of the martyrs. It
was built by the solicitude of two archbishops of
Constantinople, Saint John Chrysostom, who began the
work, and Sisinnius, who completed it.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 26

Memory of the holy Great martyr Demetrius, the

Myrobilite and Wonderworker (beginning of the Fourth
century)
Commemoration of the Great Earthquake at
Constantinople in 740, during the reign of Leo the
Isaurian
Demetrius, Christ's glorious martyr, a native of
Thessalonica, lived under Emperors Diocletian and
Maximian, and suffered for the faith around the beginning
of the Fourth century. Because of the numerous cures
obtained at his tomb by those who, with faith, implored his
universally known power, the governor of Illyricum,
Leontios, in 412-413 destroyed the small shelter where his
body was found and which was situated in the enclosure of
the public and the stadium. He purified the place, raised the
ground level, and built a church there, thus honoring by the
splendor of the edifice and the magnificence of the
religious articles, the Saint and citizen of Thessalonica.
The hymnographers relate that during Maximian's passage
to Thessalonica, the Saint was seized and thrown into
prison. One day Maximian came to assist at the games
which were held in the city. A famous gladiator named
Lyaios, of barbarian origin and favored by the Emperor,
came to boast in the center of the stadium and to provoke
the inhabitants of the city into a fight with him. A young
man named Nestor, giving in to Saint Demetrius' prayers,
went down into the stadium and left the barbarian gladiator
stretched out on the ground dead. Maximian was very sad
because of it. Having known who was the cause of it, he
ordered Demetrius and Nestor killed at one and the same
time.
The Great Earthquake took place in Constantinople around
740, under Leo the Isaurian, the first of the Iconoclast
Emperors.
Third Class Feast. Typika and Beatitudes. Ordinary Isodikon. Troparia:
of the Saint, of the Great Earthquake, and of the Church Patron.
Common Kondakion. Epistle and Gospel of the Saint.
In occurrence with a Sunday: Typika and Beatitudes. Isodikon of the
Sunday. Troparia: of the Resurrection, of the Saint, of the Great
Earthquake, and of the Church Patron. Common Kondakion. Epistle of
the Saint (that of the Sunday will be read the following day) and the
Gospel of the Sunday. Kinonikon of the Sunday.

October 27
Memory of the holy Martyr Nestor
The Menaia recount the martyrdom of this saint in this way.
While Nestor was young and very strong, his beard had
hardly begun to grow. He was in touch with the illustrious
martyr Demetrius whom he had seen work several
miracles. One day he ran to the place where Saint
Demetrius was imprisoned, and falling on his knees, said to
him: "Servant of God, Demetrius, I wish to fight Lyaios,
but pray for me by invoking the name of Christ." The Saint,
signing Nestor with the seal of Christ, said to him: "You
will conquer Lyaios, and you will confess Christ." Nestor
entered the stadium, under the eyes of Emperor Maximian,
and said: "God of Demetrius, come to my aid." Then he
began to fight against Lyaios. He pierced his heart through
with his lance and killed him. The Emperor was profoundly
troubled by it. Upon his order, Saint Demetrius, to whom
was imputed Lyaios' death, was pierced with lances, and
Saint Nestor was beheaded with his own sword.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 28
Memory of the holy Martyrs Terence and Meonila (?)
Our venerable Father Stephen the Sabbaite, the Poet
(Ninth century)
The holy martyrs Terence and Neonila suffered for the
faith, probably in Syria, at an unknown date.
According to tradition, Saint Stephen was the nephew of
Saint John Damascene. He concluded his austere life in the
Ninth century in the monastery of Saint Sabbas from
whence comes his surname, Sabbaite. He composed some
canons and left us the account of the martyrdom of twenty
monks of the Laura, massacred in 797.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 29
Memory of the holy Hosiomartyr Anastasia (Fourth
century ?)
Our venerable Father Abramios (Fourth century)
Saint Anastasia, sometimes called the Roman, is not
distinct from Saint Anastasia, who is called the
"Pharmacolytria," the Healer, commemorated on December
22 (see this day).
If the tradition concerning him is to be believed, Saint
Abramios lived in Lampsacus, in Mysia, around the middle
of the Fourth century. Married against his will, he soon left
his wife to withdraw in solitude and to consecrate himself
to God. His brother, in dying, left a young girl who the
Saint took in and shut up in a cell next to his. It happened
that, by the Devil's hatred, the girl fell into sin, and went
among lost women. The Saint, disguised as a soldier,
rescued her from it and brought her home.
Fifth Class Feast.

October 30
Memory of the holy Hieromartyr Zenobios and his
Sister, Zenobia (beginning of the Fourth century)
Born of pious parents, these holy martyrs lived under
Emperor Diocletian. Zenobios was seized and brought
before the governor. During his interrogations, his sister
Zenobia presented herself. Both struck cruelly and thrown
into a chaldron of boiling pitch, were preserved by the
grace of Christ. Their lives were terminated by the sword.
Fifth Class Feast.
Sunday of the Rich Man and Lazarus.
On the Sunday which falls between October 30 and November 5, the
Gospel of the Fifth Sunday after the Exaltation of the Venerable and

Life-giving Cross is read: Luke 16:19-31, where the parable of the Rich
Man and the just Lazarus is related.

October 31
Memory of the holy Apostles Stachys, Appeles, Amplias,
Urban, Aristobulos, and Narcissus of the Seventy
Disciples (First century)
The holy Martyr Epimarchos (+250)
Saint Stachys and his companions belonged to Rome's
Christian community. Saint Paul addresses a greeting to
them at the end of his Epistle to the Romans (Romans 16:811).
According to Dionysius of Alexandria (reported by
Eusebius, VI:41), the holy martyr Epimachos died for the
faith in Alexandria, under Emperor Decius. After a long
stay in prison where he suffered innumerable tortures, such
as the pain of fire and whips, he was thrown into quicklime
and died in 250.
Fifth Class Feast.