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Transfer of the relics of St. ap. Bartholomew V. ap. Bartholomew suffered in Armenian Alban (now Baku), from where his relics were transferred around 508 under the emperor. Anastasia in Daru (Anastasiopol). When the Persians, during the reign of Justin II (565–578), devastated Roman Mesopotamia and took Dara, many residents fled to the shores of the Black Sea, taking with them the relics of the apostle with the relics of the other four martyrs, but were caught by enemies, who threw the relics into the sea. They sailed in lead boxes to the island of Lipare, where they remained until the Saracens took possession of it (836). In 838, merchants from Benevento bought (or took it by deception - it is unknown) the relics of St. the apostle and transferred to their city. The Church today glorifies the first discovery of relics on Fr. Lipare. Cretan by birth, baptized ap. Paul, with whom he accompanied in the gospel; He was appointed bishop of the city of Gortyn, in Crete, and received a message from him from Nicopolis of Macedon. Died peacefully, 94 years old. His holy relics rested in the cathedral church of the city of Gortyn; subsequently, perhaps in the 9th century, its chapter was transferred to Venice. St. Mina, Patr. Tsaregradsky Mina from the presbyter and overseer of the hospice of St. Sampson (June 27) was ordained patriarch in 536, on March 13, and in his 16th year of ruling the Church (c. 552) he showed zeal for the Orthodox faith, purity of morals and love for his neighbors. During his days, a miraculous incident happened. One Jewish boy came with Christ. comrades to church and out of ignorance received St. secrets; and his father, having learned about this, threw him into the fire of a glass furnace. The mother found him here healthy and unharmed and believed with her son in Christ, and the father, who remained stubborn, was executed by order of the emperor as a murderer.