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- Holy Great Martyr James the Persian (421)
- "This Saint was from the city of Bythlaba and was of noble birth; he
was the closest and most honoured friend of Isdiger (or Yazdegerd) I,
King of Persia (reigned 399-420). Though a Christian from his youth,
James renounced Christ because he was allured by the King's friendship
and flatteries. When his mother and his wife learned of this, they
declared to him by letter that they would have nothing more to do with
him, since he had preferred a glory that is temporal to the love of
Christ. Wounded in soul by these words and coming to himself, the Saint
wept over his error, and repudiated the worship of the idols.
Therefore, becoming exceedingly wroth, the King — this was Bahram (or
Varahran) V (reigned 421-438), Isdiger's son and successor — condemned
him to a most bitter death, the likes of which not even a brute beast
was ever condemned to: that is, his body was dismembered at every joint
of his arms and legs. And so, when he had been cut asunder limb by limb
to his very hips and
shoulders, the courageous Martyr was finally beheaded, in the year 421."
(Great Horologion)
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