Martyr

Holy Martyr Severian

September 9 Old CalendarSeptember 22 New Calendar

Life

A nobleman of Sebastia. During the martyrdom of the Forty Martyrs in Sebastia (see March 9), he visited those martyrs in prison and encouraged them and served them. After their glorious death he too was seized, beaten, and tortured for Christ, and finally hung on a tree with a heavy stone about his neck and another about his foot. Thanking God for all things, he gave up his spirit in the time of Emperor Licinius, in the year 320.

From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, September 9. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Also commemorated on September 9

Saints Joachim and Anna Commemoration Commemoration of the Third Ecumenical Council Commemoration Saint Theophanes the Confessor and Faster Venerable Saint Niketas, Pleaser of God Venerable

The full reading for September 9 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.

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