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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Philip of Nicomedia

A martyr of Nicomedia, put to death for his faith in Christ.

Feast
August 17old style August 30
Reposed
3034th century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Philip of Nicomedia is remembered together with the martyrs Straton, Eutychian and Cyprian, who suffered in Nicomedia, around the year 303.

Going to the spectacles, they taught the people to leave the worship of idols and brought many pagans to Christ. The governor, seeing that the spectacles had begun to empty, summoned them, and the martyrs firmly confessed faith in Christ and were given to the wild beasts. The beasts did not touch them, so they were put to torments and thrown into the fire.

The saints are commemorated on 30 August. The Azbyka page gives no other details of Philip.

Commemorated the same day August 17