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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Nearchus

Martyr named in the early martyrologies; the sources preserve few details about him.

Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.

Era
3rd century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Nearchus was a Roman army officer in Armenia in the third century, a friend of Polyeuctus, whom he brought to the Christian faith. Polyeuctus attacked a pagan procession and was beheaded; before his death he said to Nearchus to remember their secret vow. Nearchus was burned alive later. The story is told in the Menologion of Symeon Metaphrastes. According to the English Wikipedia his feast is on 22 April.