Страдание святого мученика Крискента

This holy martyr was born in the city of Myra in Lycia 2527, came from a noble family and was a very famous person. Seeing how many worshiped idols, he one day entered a crowd of idolaters and began to convince them to abandon pagan errors, turn to Christ and be saved. When the governor of the region found out about this, he ordered to seize him and bring him to him for trial. At the trial, he began to ask the saint what his father’s name was and what his name was, but Crescent called himself only a Christian and did not answer him anything else. Then the ruler said to him: - Sacrifice to idols only for show, but in your soul remain a worshiper of your God. But the holy martyr indignantly rejected such a proposal and, having confessed the truth before everyone, answered the ruler: – It is impossible for the body to do something different from what the soul thinks, since the soul controls and moves the body. After this, they hanged Saint Criskent and planed his body, and then they lit the oven and, when it became hot, they threw him into it. So he gave up his spirit to the Lord. Myra, now Miri, among the Dembre Turks, was the main city of ancient Lycia and was located near the sea, on the Andrak River. You might be interested in: