Martyr
Holy Martyr Diomedes
August 16 Old CalendarAugust 29 New Calendar
Life
A physician from Tarsus, of a distinguished family. While treating the people, he instructed them in the faith of Christ. Emperor Diocletian ordered that he be beheaded in Nicaea in the year 298. Those who cut off his head and brought it to the emperor were struck blind, and when they returned the head to the body and prayed, they were healed.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, August 16. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on August 16
The full reading for August 16 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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