Paramon

Holy Martyr Paramon suffered in the year 250, in the time of the emperor Decius (249-251), with three hundred and seventy Christians, in Bithynia (Asia Minor). The governor Aquilinus seized three hundred and seventy believers and tried by torture to force them to sacrifice to idols. Seeing them suffer, Paramon, a local man of noble birth, cried out boldly: "How many innocent people perish because they do not worship lifeless idols." For this he too was seized, his tongue was pierced, his body was cut with swords, and finally he was beheaded together with the three hundred and seventy martyrs.

The Church of Georgia commemorates him on 29 November (old style; 12 December new style).