Martyr
Seventeen Indian Venerable Martyrs
November 27 Old CalendarDecember 10 New Calendar
Life
These were Christian monks who suffered under the Indian King Abenner. Enraged at the elder Barlaam for baptizing his son Joasaph, King Abenner sent pursuers after Barlaam. The pursuers did not capture Barlaam, but they captured seventeen other monks and brought them before the king. The king condemned them to death, and after first piercing out their eyes, cutting out their tongues, breaking their legs and hands, they beheaded them with the sword. But by the blood of these knights of Christ, the Christian Faith was strengthened all the more in the Indian kingdom.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, November 27. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on November 27
The full reading for November 27 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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