Remembered on November 3
Acepsimus, Joseph and Aithalas
- HieromartyrA bishop, priest, or deacon who suffered martyrdom for Christ.
All hieromartyrs
- Acepsimus: Bishop
Acepsimus was a bishop, Joseph a priest, and Aithalas a deacon in fourth-century Persia. The Church remembers them as clergy who remained faithful to Christ during persecution under Shapur II. Their traditional account describes imprisonment and repeated demands that they abandon their faith. Their shared remembrance honors the care and courage of people who served the Church in dangerous times.
How they died
All three were martyred: tradition holds that Acepsimus died from beatings, Joseph was stoned, and Aithalas died under torture; accounts of their deaths differ.
- Feast day
- November 3
Parishes on the Old Calendar keep it on November 16. - Kind of saint
- Hieromartyr, Bishop
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