Senoes

Holy Hieromartyr Senoes was a deacon and is commemorated in the Greek calendar on 10 November (new style), among the hieromartyrs Gedius the confessor, Milus the wonderworker and Senoes the deacon.

The two disciples of Milus are not named in the story, but the list places Senoes beside him, which shows that he was one of them; a Greek synaxarion site notes that the disciples were named Ebores and Senoes.

With Saint Milus, the wonderworking bishop, is bound the story preserved by Nicodemus the Hagiorite. Milus was born in a Persian village, was baptized, learned the Scriptures, and a night vision turned him from service as a soldier of the Persian king. He lived in virginity and ascetic labour, became a monk and was ordained bishop by the confessor Gedius. Rebuking the lawless Christians, he was beaten and driven out, foretold the wrath of God, and after three months the king sent soldiers with three hundred elephants who destroyed the city. Milus went to Jerusalem, found Ammonius, a disciple of Saint Anthony the Great, returned to Persia, and by the sign of the cross killed a dragon in a cave. He healed a sick ruler and confronted a proud bishop, whom he left half paralysed. At last the governor Basiliscus seized him with his two disciples and tortured them. Milus was pierced with a sword, and the disciples were buried under stones. Before his death Milus announced that on the next day, at the same hour, Basiliscus and his brother would kill one another while hunting, which came to pass; his relics were buried by Christians.