Holy Martyr Eustathius

Life

This martyr of Christ was a soldier in Ancyra. Brought before the court, he feared no torments but freely glorified the name of the Lord Christ. The commander Cornelius ordered that they bore through the soles of his feet, thread a rope through them, and drag the man of God to a certain river, and then cast him into the river. Saved by the power of God and healed of his wounds, he appeared before the commander completely whole. When the commander saw him alive, he was so terrified that he drew his sword and ran himself through. Eustathius lived for some time longer and reposed in the Lord in the year 316.