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Holy Martyr Hermias, in Kozhany Hermias was a warrior during the reign of the Roman Emperor Antoninus (II century). In his old age he was taken to torture for professing the Christian faith. “I am a warrior of the heavenly and immortal King Christ and I cannot betray Him...” said Hermias to Hegemon Sebastian when he demanded that the elder make a sacrifice to the pagan gods. Wanting, in the person of the universally revered elder, to acquire an executor of the royal command for the edification of the remaining Christians of the city of Commanus of Cappadocia, where Sebastian was sent to judge them, he tried with all his might to convince Hermias to renounce Christ, inclining him to this, among other things, with many favors. “I don’t need mercy from you,” the Christian objected, “but I am looking for God’s mercy, which will encourage me with the Holy Spirit and lead me to God... Not having time to persuade the elder, the hegemon ordered exemplary torture to be carried out on him - to intimidate others, but by the power of God Hermias remained unharmed; even the poisoned drink brought to him by one sorcerer did not cause him death. But this circumstance did not convince the blinded persecutors of their untruth and only gave rise to the fact that the sorcerer, who gave the poison, the power of which was completely known to him, was amazed by the action of another force, revealed to him in the wonderful unreality of the deadly poison, and believed in the Christian God, who works miracles... This increased the rage of the pagans; the sorcerer who believed was immediately put to death; Hermias was subjected to even greater torture, during which the miraculous Higher Power manifested itself in a variety of ways and marvelously, arousing faith in Christ in many of the people present, but not bringing sense to the tormentor, who finally ordered the martyr’s head to be cut off. This was in 166. Christians buried his body, and it was glorified after that with many miraculous healings. Holy Apostle Hermas from the age of 70 He was greeted by St. Apostle Paul in his letter to the Romans (Rom.16:14). After that he was bishop in Philippopolis, as evidenced by the catalogs of the 70 Apostles attributed to Hippolytus and Dorotheus, and the month book of Basil (November 4) 457. Saint Philosopher Martyr During the persecution of Decius, around the year 252, a certain young man was taken for confessing Christ in Thebaid, who was much tortured, forced into idolatry; Finally, tied hand and foot, they laid him in the garden on a soft bed and let in a young girl who hugged and kissed him, arousing lust. Not having the strength to push the prodigal away from him, St. The martyr clenched his tongue tightly with his teeth, bit it off and spat in the face of the shameless woman, quenching the passion that had begun within himself through such voluntary suffering. Rev. Pavel of Thebes in his youth was an eyewitness to this feat. “Monthly. East" archim. Sergius, p. 154, vol. II, part 2.