Niser

Holy Martyr Niser is commemorated on 6 December (new style, the Greek calendar). He was unknown to the Synaxarion of Saint Nikodemos the Hagiorite and to the printed menaia, but he is found in the Parisian codex 1621, with a short biographical note.

According to it, he lived in the time of Maximian (286 to 305). Being a Christian, he was brought before Julius and Aelian. Asked whether he persisted in the faith in Christ, he answered that he did, to death. He was stripped and his body scourged with red-⁠hot balls, then imprisoned. Brought again to trial, he confessed his faith and was stripped, flayed alive and thrown into the fire, where he met a martyr's end to the glory of Christ.