Archippus

Holy Martyr Archippus suffered for Christ together with Saints Philemon and Onesimus and died dragged behind a wild horse, through stones and thorns. They are commemorated on 6 July.

Philemon, Archippus and Onesimus had a burning love for our Lord Jesus Christ and perfect devotion to His Gospel. When they were ordered to deny Christ and sacrifice to the idols, all three answered with one voice with the inspired words of the Apostle Paul: "None of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's" (Romans 14:7-8). Then they died as martyrs: Philemon by crucifixion, Archippus from the wounds he received being dragged behind a wild horse through stones and thorns, and Onesimus was beheaded with the sword. Some synaxaria repeat the commemoration of Philemon unnecessarily on 6 June.