The 62 Clergy and 300 Laypeople

The 62 Clergy and 300 Laypeople suffered in North Africa in the year 477. In the time of the emperor Zeno (475-491), the king of the Vandals Huneric (477-484), with the help of the Arian bishops, began a persecution of the Orthodox. When the faithful gathered in a church to celebrate the Divine Liturgy in secret, they were attacked by the barbarian army. Some of those praying escaped by flight, but three hundred Christians, stronger in faith, gave themselves up willingly. The pagans tortured them and then cut off their heads. Of the sixty-⁠two priests, two were burned, and the tongues of others were cut out, but by the grace of God they went on preaching and exposing the false teaching of the Arians.

The Church of Georgia commemorates them on 8 December (old style; 21 December new style).