Hieromartyr
Chusdazat
Persian Christian put to death for Christ in 344, in the persecution of King Shapur II.
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Life
Chusdazat (also called Gothazat, Guhashtazad, Usthazan) was a eunuch of the Persian king Shapur II, a priest and martyr, put to death on Good Friday of 344, before Bishop Simeon bar Sabbae. When Shapur tortured Simeon and the priests Audel and Ananias, in 341, Chusdazat also confessed his faith and was executed before Simeon and a thousand other Christians. His feast is on 17 April in the Greek Orthodox Church, on 14 April in the Syrian Church, and on the Friday after Easter in the Syriac Orthodox Church and the Church of the East.
Commemorated the same day April 17
Agapetus I of RomeConfessor · Bishop of RomeApr 17
Simeon bar SabbaeHieromartyr · Bishop of Seleucia-CtesiphonApr 17
Alexander of SvirVenerable · Abbot of Svir MonasteryApr 17
Acacius of MeliteneSaint · Bishop of MeliteneApr 17
Macarius of CorinthSaint · Metropolitan of CorinthApr 17
Zosimas of SolovkiVenerable · Co-founder of Solovki MonasteryApr 17- UsthazadesMartyrApr 17
- Paisius of KyivVenerable · Monk of the Kyiv Caves LavraApr 17
- Abdelas of SeleuciaHieromartyrApr 17
- Adrian of CorinthMartyrApr 17
- Ananias of SeleuciaHieromartyrApr 17
- Askitreia of SeleuciaMartyrApr 17