Trophimus

Holy Martyr Trophimus lived in the time of the emperor Diocletian (284 to 304) and was distinguished by Christian courage in the persecution of Christians. Together with Saint Theophilus, with Saints Justus and Matthew and with other martyrs (the synaxarion also speaks of thirteen martyrs), he stayed faithful to the confession of our Lord Jesus Christ and underwent a series of tortures: they were stoned, their flesh was torn with iron instruments and their wounds were burned with lighted torches. Because they were still alive and their mouths kept repeating the Christian confession, they were beheaded.

They are commemorated on 21 July, in the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style).