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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Hermylus of Singidunum

A martyr of Singidunum, now Belgrade, put to death for his faith in Christ.

Feast
January 13old style January 26
Era
unknown
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Hermylus of Singidunum, today Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, suffered in the time of the Emperor Licinius, together with Stratonicus. Hermylus was a deacon in Singidunum. Condemned by Licinius to prison, he was much tortured for the Name of Christ. Hung up and wounded, he remained unshaken and was drowned in the Danube.

Stratonicus was a prison guard, a secret Christian and a friend of Saint Hermylus. Seeing the dreadful torments of his friend, he could not keep from weeping, and so was exposed as a Christian; after tortures he too was drowned in the Danube. On the third day the faithful found their relics on the river bank and buried them near Singidunum.

The Synaxarion commemorates Hermylus and Stratonicus on 13 January, old style, that is 26 January in the new style.

Commemorated the same day January 13