Martyr

Hieromartyr Polychronius, Bishop of Babylon

July 30 Old CalendarAugust 12 New Calendar

Life

When Emperor Decius conquered Babylon, he seized Polychronius together with three presbyters, two deacons, and two baptized princes: Abdon and Sennes. Polychronius would answer nothing before the emperor but only kept silent, while St. Parmenius the presbyter answered for all. The emperor led the bishop and priests to Persia, to the city of Cordova, and beheaded them with axes. The princes, Abdon and Sennes, he took with him to Rome, where he first cast them before wild beasts and afterward put them to death by the sword. All suffered honorably in the year 251.

From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, July 30. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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The full reading for July 30 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.

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