Maior of Gaza

Holy Martyr Maior of Gaza, also called Maion, died around 297 or 302, in the time of the emperors Diocletian (284-305) and Maximian (285-305). He was a soldier of the Mauritanian legion. The Azbyka page says that when his unit was stationed at Gaza, around 297 (by other accounts in 302), during the persecution, he was denounced to the local eparch as a Christian.

The saint was seized and brought to trial. For seven days thirty-⁠six soldiers took turns scourging him with such cruelty that all the ground around was flooded with blood. Maior stood firm, confessing the Christian faith without ceasing, and so gave his soul to the Lord.

He is commemorated on 28 February, according to the Greek calendar. His name is not in today's Menologion of the Russian Church.