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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Saint

Bachthisoes

A saint associated with Constantinople, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.

Feast
May 16old style May 29
Era
unknown
Place
Constantinople

Life

Holy Martyr Bachthisoes suffered by fire together with the saints Isaac and Simeon, in Persia, in the time of the emperor Constantine the Great (306-337) and the Persian king Shapur II (309-379).

The Synaxarion of Constantinople shows that the three were brought before the king and confessed their faith in Christ. The verse of the synaxarion says that all three gave up their breath in one accord, in one fire. They are commemorated on 16 May, according to the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style).

Commemorated the same day May 16