September 19: Feast of the Holy Martyrs Trofimos, Sabbatios and Dorymedontranslated

Today, September 19, the Church honors the memory of Martyrs Trofimos, Sabvatios and Dorymedon. In the 3rd century, during the reign of the emperor Probus, when Atticus ruled in Antioch, two Christians, named Trofimus and Sabbatios, prominent and distinguished citizens, came to this city. They arrived at the time when a widespread pagan festival with sacrificial offerings to the alias god Apollo was underway at nearby Daphne in Antioch. Attikos had done everything to ensure the participation of all citizens in the events. Someone noticed that Trophimus and Sabbateus did not take part in the feast, and reported them to Atticus. Immediately the ruler ordered them to appear before the judge. Because they did not deny Christ, the ruler subjected them to horrible tortures, one after another. After beating Trofimus to a bloody pulp, he sent him to the ruler of Phrygia, Dionysius. He was an even more ruthless persecutor of Christians.

Later Atticus took Sabbatius out of prison and interrogated him. To the tyrant's question about the degree of his office, the Christian replied: "My office, my country, my glory and my wealth is the...