Lycarion of Hermopolis

Holy Martyr Lycarion of Hermopolis came from Egypt. He was arrested because he confessed Christ and was thrown into a dark and filthy prison. Then he was torn with iron hooks, nailed to a cross and burned with red-⁠hot iron rods.

He was cast into a burning furnace, where he stayed three days and came out unharmed by the grace of God. Poisons were given to him, but these too did not harm him, so that the pagan who had prepared them believed in Christ and was beheaded. The martyr's sinews were then cut, he was thrown into a cauldron of boiling water, his head was flayed and, in the end, he was beheaded, and so he received the unfading crown of martyrdom. He is commemorated on 7 June, by the church calendar of the Church of Greece.