Martyr
Holy Martyr Acacius
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Life
This saint was a Roman officer in the time of Emperor Maximian. Answering at trial for his faith in Christ, he said that he had inherited the pious faith from his parents and had been confirmed in it by seeing many miraculous healings from the relics of Christian saints. After great torments bravely endured in the Thracian city of Perinthus, Acacius was brought to Byzantium, where he endured new torments, until at last he was beheaded by the sword. He suffered honorably and departed to the kingdom of eternal joy in the year 303.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, May 7. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on May 7
The full reading for May 7 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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