Память святого мученика Данакта чтеца

The holy martyr Danakt was from Illyria, from the city of Avlona 630, and was a church reader. During the invasion of the pagans, he took church vessels to hide them from the infidels, but in one place he was captured by them. The pagans forced him to sacrifice to their god Dionysus 631. But Saint Danakt did not obey them and suffered martyrdom 632, pierced with a sword. Illyria is a region of the Roman Empire that embraced the entire eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea with the surrounding areas (present-day Dalmatia, Bosnia and Albania). – Avlon is a city in Illyria, near the Adriatic Sea. Dionysus, otherwise Bacchus, is the Greco-Roman god of grapes and winemaking, who with the gift of wine brings joy to the hearts of people and dispels sadness and worries. At first, modest celebrations in his honor later took on an unbridled character and were accompanied by wild orgies, violent drunkenness and debauchery, and Dionysius himself, or Bacchus, began to personify the deity of drunkenness. The martyrdom of Saint Danakt followed in the 2nd century. You might be interested in: