Память святых мучеников Феофила и Елладия

The holy martyrs Deacon Theophilus and Helladius the layman suffered in Libya 340. Fearlessly confessing our Lord Jesus Christ as the true God, they reviled the pagan false gods and reproached idolaters, for which they were captured by the procurator and given over to torture. The holy confessors of Christ were first cruelly scourged, then their bodies were planed with sharp shards; Having tied their hands and feet, the executioners scorched their loins with fire. After each such torture, the torturers forced the passion-bearers to renounce Christ and sacrifice to idols; but Saints Theophilus and Helladius remained unshakable in their love for Christ. As if they were rebellious, their tormentors dragged them along the ground and broke their bones with stones; after that, the valiant martyrs received the crown from Christ, for Whom they suffered 341. Libya is a region in northern Africa, west of Egypt. This was at the beginning of the 4th century. You might be interested in: