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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Matthew

A martyr of the first Christian centuries, honored in the Greek synaxarion.

Feast
July 21old style August 3
Era
4th century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Matthew suffered together with Saints Justus, Theophilus and Trophimus in the time of the emperor Diocletian. Because they did not deny Christ, they were stoned, wounded, thrown into fire and finally beheaded. The synaxarion commemorates them on 21 July, in the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style). No other details about him survive.

Commemorated the same day July 21