Hypatius of Persia

Holy Hieromartyr Hypatius of Persia was a bishop in Persia and died as a martyr in the persecution of Christians begun by King Shapur II, in the year 343. The Church commemorates him on 3 December (new style), together with many other martyrs of Persia.

Commemorated with him are the bishop Nirses and his disciple Joseph, the bishops John, Saverius and Isaac, the martyrs Azat the eunuch, Sasonius, Thekla and Anna, as well as many men and women, killed in the same persecution. The source of these facts does not tell the life of each, only their end.

The holy hierarch Nirses and his disciple, the martyr Joseph, were beheaded. Saint John was stoned, and the same fate befell Saints Isaac and Hypatius. Saint Saverius died in prison, and after his death his head was cut off. The martyr Azat the eunuch was strangled by an apostate priest. Torments, toils and death for Christ were also borne by the martyrs Sasonius, Thekla and Anna, with many other men and women.