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- Hieromartyr Anthimos, bishop of Nicomedia, and those with him (303-304)
- "After the death of the 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia (see Dec. 28),
their Bishop Anthimos fled to a certain village to care for his
remaining flock. The Emperor Maximian sent men in search of him. When
they found him, he promised to show Anthimos to them, but first took
them in as guests, fed them, and only then made himself known to them.
Amazed at his kindness, the soldiers promised him to tell Maximian that
they had not found him. But Anthimos went willingly with them, and
converting them by his admonitions, baptized them on the way. He boldly
confessed his Faith before Maximian, and after frightful tortures was
beheaded in the year 303 or 304." (Great Horologion)
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Our Holy Father Theoctistus, Fellow Ascetic of St Euthymius (451), is
also commemorated today. A faithful disciple of St Euthymius, he was
abbot of St Euthymius' monastery in Palestine until his repose in peace
at the age of ninety.
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