Eustathius of Apamea

The Holy Martyr Eustathius of Apamea (Eustace) was a soldier. He was arrested and brought before the head of the city of Ancyra for confessing the Christian faith. At the interrogation he firmly and bravely confessed himself a Christian and was sentenced to tortures. They beat him without mercy, bored into his heels and, having tied him with rope, dragged him through the city to the river Sagka (Sangarios). At the bank they put the martyr into a wooden chest and threw it in the water, but an angel of God brought the chest to shore. The saint, in the chest, was singing the ninetieth (ninety-⁠first) Psalm: "He who dwells in the help of the Most High..." Beholding the miracle and feeling disgraced, the governor drew his sword and killed himself. The holy martyr, having received Communion from the hand of an angel, gave up his soul to God. His holy relics were buried in the city of Ancyra. He is commemorated on 28 July (new style; 10 August on the old calendar).