Память святого священномученика Феогена, епископа Парийского

The holy hieromartyr Theogen was a bishop in the city of Paria 110. Captured at Licinia 111 in Phrygia by 112 soldiers, he was forced by the tribune 113 Zalicyntius to military service; but, due to resistance, he was hanged on four posts and subjected to severe beating with sticks. The saint bravely endured the torment and at the same time predicted the crushing of the legs of the option 114 and the tribune, and the defeat of Licinius. After that, Theogenes was imprisoned, while in which the saint rejected all food. When Licinius was informed about him, the latter ordered him to be thrown into the sea. Then the saint, having asked the executioners for time to pray, turned to the east, and, raising his hands to the mountain, prayed for three hours. During prayer, he was illuminated by an extraordinary light, so that the executioners - shipbuilders and some soldiers - turned to the Christian faith. Thus the holy martyr Theogen gave up his holy soul to the Lord, drowned in the depths of the sea 115. Subsequently, Christians took his body out of the water and buried him near the city walls. At the relics of Saint Theogen many miracles were performed and healings from various diseases occurred. Paria is a city near the Hellespont (Dardanelles), in Mysia, the northwestern province of Asia Minor, between Lampsacus and Cyzicus. Licinius - Roman emperor who co-reigned with Constantine the Great Phrygia - a large region of Asia Minor, initially embraced the entire middle part of the western half of the peninsula, in addition - the southern coast of the Propontis (Sea of Marmara) to the Hellespont, which was later classified as Mysia; Thus, the city of Pariy was counted in the 4th century. also to Phrygia from 304–320. Tribune is the commander-in-chief of the provincial troops. Option – centurion assistant; centurion - the head of centuries, a military detachment of 100 people. Holy Hieromartyr Theogen accepted martyrdom around 320. You might be interested in: