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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Dometius

A martyr of Phrygia, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.

Feast
March 23old style April 5
Era
unknown
Place
Phrygia
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Dometius lived in the time of the emperor Julian the Apostate (361-363) and came from the region of Phrygia in Asia Minor.

He grieved and was stirred to indignation seeing that many denied Christ and bowed down to idols. One day, while a horse race was being held and sacrifice was being offered to the idols, he could bear it no longer. Consumed by zeal for God and longing for martyrdom, he stood in the middle of the theatre and cried out in a loud voice, cursing the apostate Julian, spitting upon those who served the idols and mocking the false gods.

For this he was seized and put to many tortures. Because he would not deny Christ, he was beheaded with the sword. His feast is kept on 23 March, according to the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style).

Commemorated the same day March 23