The Two Martyrs of Parion

The Two Martyrs of Parion are commemorated on 23 January as martyrs of the early centuries, put to death by being thrown into a pit in the city of Parion in Mysia. Their names and the time of their suffering are not known. They are honoured as martyrs of the Church; no date of canonization is known.

Parion was a coastal city with a harbour, between Cyzicus and Lampsacus in Asia Minor. According to Meletios, it was built by settlers from the island of Paros, from which it takes its name. Here the two saints were thrown into a pit and died as martyrs. The Synaxaristes of Saint Nikodemos the Hagiorite remembers them, without further detail.