Barsabas of Persia

Holy Venerable Martyr Barsabas of Persia, an abbot, was tortured and beheaded together with ten monks at Ishtar in Persia, in the persecution of Shapur II, in the year 342. He is known as a great wonderworker.

His name is not included in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church. According to a Roman Catholic source he is sometimes identified either with the Holy Hieromartyr Simeon Barsabae, or with Barsabas, the instructor of those martyred at Persepolis about 342. The number of ten monks is that of Germanos's calendar. He is commemorated on 24 December, in the new style.