Remembered on December 13
Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius and Orestes
- MartyrA saint who was killed for bearing witness to Christ.
All martyrs
These five Christians are remembered together from the persecution under Diocletian in Armenia. Their traditional life includes an official, a priest and others who openly confessed Christ despite the danger. Their names remain together in the Church’s prayer. Their remembrance shows how people from different walks of life can share the same courage and faithfulness.
How they died
Tradition holds that Auxentius was beheaded, Eugene and Mardarius died under torture, Orestes died on a heated iron bed, and Eustratius was burned in a furnace.
- Feast day
- December 13
Parishes on the Old Calendar keep it on December 26. - Kind of saint
- Martyr
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