Hieromartyr Therapon, Bishop of Sardis

Life

He converted many Greeks to the faith of Christ, for which he was cruelly tortured by the pagans with hunger, imprisonment, and beatings. They laid him naked upon the ground and bound him to four dry stakes, then mercilessly beat him until the flesh was torn from his bones. Yet the martyr remained alive, and those four dry stakes turned green and grew into tall trees, from which many sick people received healing. At last Saint Therapon was slain like a lamb, in the time of Valerian, and departed in soul to the Kingdom, to behold the glory of God in eternity. He honorably suffered in the year 259.

From the Hymn of Praise

The fair Didymus toward death was walkingAnd joyfully psalms was singing.When young Theodora heard of this,She rushed after Didymus out of the city.