Akepsimas of Persia

Holy Hieromartyr Acepsimas of Persia.

The holy hieromartyr Akepsimas was a bishop in Persia who suffered in the great persecution of the fourth century. Though advanced in years, he endured imprisonment and torture rather than worship the sun as his persecutors demanded, and he was put to death for his confession of Christ, together with the priest Joseph and the deacon Aeithalas.

The Church remembers him as a faithful shepherd who sealed a long life of service with martyrdom. He is commemorated on November 3.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Akepsimas of Persia is commemorated on November 3. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on November 16 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on November 3

• Consecration of the Church of George in Lydda

  Saint, Ανακομιδή λειψάνων Αγίου Γεωργίου

  Consecration of the church of the Great Martyr George at Lydda and the deposition of his relics there.

• George the New Hieromartyr of Neapolis

  Hierarch, Γεώργιος ο Νεαπολίτης

  Holy New Hieromartyr George, priest of Neapolis in Cappadocia, martyred in 1797.

• Akepsimas the Hermit

  Venerable, Ακεψιμάς ο Όσιος

  Venerable Akepsimas, hermit of Cyrrhus in Syria who lived enclosed in a cell for sixty years.

• Theodore of Ancyra

  Hierarch, Θεόδωρος ο Ομολογητής

  Saint Theodore the Confessor, Bishop of Ancyra.

• Dasius, Severus, Andronas, Theodotus and Theodota

  Martyr, Δάσιος, Σέβηρος, Άνδρωνας, Θεόδοτος και Θεοδότη

  Holy Martyrs Dasius, Severus, Andronas, Theodotus and Theodota.

• Achaemenides of Persia

  Martyr, Αχαιμενίδης

  Holy Confessor Achaemenides, a Persian nobleman who suffered for Christ under King Yazdegerd.

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