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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Hieromartyr

Abdisho bar Berika

Persian cleric put to death for Christ in 345, in the persecution of King Shapur II.

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Reposed
3454th century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Abdisho bar Berika was a deacon and martyr of the Church of the East. He was imprisoned, by order of Shapur II, with Bishop Heliodorus of Bet Zabdai. After the deaths of Bishop Dausa and 275 companions at Masabadan, Abdisho, who stayed alive despite the stroke of the sword, went on preaching and buried the martyrs, staying there thirty days. He was seized by the lord of the village, held in chains for four days and, because he would not abandon his faith, sentenced to death in 345.