Martyr
Hermias of Athens
A martyr of Athens in Macedonia, put to death for his faith in Christ.
Life
Holy Martyr Hermias of Athens was an Athenian and suffered for Christ in the Macedonian city of Apollonia, in the time of the Emperor Numerian (283-284), together with the deacon Isaurus and with Innocent, Felix, Basil and Peregrinus, all Athenians. With them two city magistrates, Rufus and Rufinus, who had believed in Christ, were also beheaded.
No other details of their lives are preserved. The Synaxarion commemorates them all on 19 July (new style).
Commemorated the same day July 6
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