Hieromartyr
Evangelus of Tomis
A cleric of the Church of Tomis, now Constanța who died a martyr for his faith in Christ.
Life
Holy Hieromartyr Evangelus of Tomis is mentioned in the life of the martyrs Epictetus and Astion as bishop of the city of Tomis, today Constanța, in Romania. He baptized the parents of Saint Astion after the latter's martyrdom.
In the Greek synaxaria, on 7 July, there is the commemoration of a martyr Evangelus, beheaded, but there is no sure data that he is the same person as the bishop of Tomis. No news has been preserved of the martyrdom of Bishop Evangelus himself. It is possible that he was one of the first bishops of Tomis. Archbishop Philaret Gumilevsky calls him bishop of Tomis, probably on the basis of the information in the life of Epictetus and Astion that Evangelus was bishop in the Scythian land, that is, in Lesser Scythia, present-day Dobrudja.
The Synaxarion commemorates him on 20 July (new style), together with Epictetus and Astion.
Commemorated the same day July 7
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