Martyr
Dimis
A martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
Life
Holy Martyr Dimis (also given as Dimes) suffered together with Saint Protion and other Christians in the time of the emperor Maximian (285-305).
The two presented themselves of their own accord before the governor of their land and confessed Christ. The governor ordered them tortured in many ways: they were stripped, bound in chains, thrown to the ground and beaten without mercy, so that their entrails could be seen. Then they were shut in prison without food or water for thirty days. An angel of the Lord healed their wounds and gave them food from heaven.
When the governor summoned them again to see whether they had changed, he found them unharmed. The crowd of unbelievers, seeing the miracle, fell at their feet and cried out: "We are Christians." Then the governor ordered their heads cut off, and so they received the crown of martyrdom.
They are commemorated on 12 April, according to the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style).
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