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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Holy Martyrs

Exuperius, Zoe, Cyriacus and Theodulus

Family of martyrs of Pamphylia

Spouses enslaved to a pagan master in Pamphylia, killed with their sons for refusing to sacrifice to idols.

Feast
May 2old style May 15
Era
2nd century
Order
Martyrs

Life

The Holy Martyrs Exuperius, Zoe, Cyriacus and Theodulus were a husband and wife, slaves of a pagan master in Pamphylia (today in Turkey), and their two sons. According to tradition, they were killed in the year 127 because they refused to take part in the pagan rites on the occasion of the birth of a son of the master. They are commemorated on 2 May (new style).

Their story is kept by the Greek synaxarion. With their parents, the children Cyriacus and Theodulus confessed Christ and received the crown of martyrdom. The four are counted among the martyrs of the first Christian centuries of Asia Minor.

Commemorated the same day May 2