-MARTYRDOM OF THE SEVEN YOUNG MEN OF EPHESUS
August 26, 2022 - Mesra 20, 1738 On this day, of the year 252 A.D., the seven holy young men of the city of Ephesus: Maximus, Malchus, Martinianus, Dionysius, John, Serpion and Constantine, were martyred. They were soldiers of Emperor Decius, who appointed them to guard the royal treasury. When the emperor established the worship […]