Christopher of Nicomedia

Holy Martyr Christopher of Nicomedia was, together with the Holy Martyrs Theonas and Antoninus, a spear-⁠bearing soldier of Emperor Diocletian (284-305). They were present at the torments of the Holy Great Martyr George (commemorated on 23 April) and saw the miracles worked by the power of God, and the faith and unshakeable courage of the saint. The soldiers believed in the Saviour, threw down their golden military belts and declared themselves Christians before the emperor. They were thrown at once into prison. The next day the emperor began to urge them to renounce Christ, but they firmly confessed their faith and glorified the Saviour as true God. The emperor ordered them beaten with iron rods and their bodies scraped with hooks. The saints bore all the torments manfully and remained unshaken. Then Diocletian ordered them burned. The end of the martyrdom of Christopher, Theonas and Antoninus came in the year 303.

They are commemorated on 2 May (new style).