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St. Mc. Fotie and Anichittranslated

August 11, 2026 · 1 min read

Orthodox calendar, August 12 St. Mc. Fotie and Anichit (+306) They suffered in Nicomedia (Bithynia - Asia Minor) during the persecution started by Emperor Diocletian against Christians.

Saint Anichitus was a captain in the imperial army. Hearing that he was a Christian, the emperor tried to convince him to sacrifice himself to the pagan gods, but Saint Anichit faced him with great courage, for which he was subjected to torture.

Seeing the torments to which he was subjected for his love for the Christian faith, Photius, the grandson of Saint Anichitus, confessed in front of everyone that he too was a Christian.

For his confession, he was imprisoned alongside Saint Anichit. Despite attempts to persuade them to renounce the Christian faith, Saints Anichitus and Photius remained steadfast in their faith and suffered martyrdom after numerous tortures to which they were subjected.

They were thrown into a fiery furnace, but passed to the eternal, by a divine miracle, without being touched by the flames.

Troparion – Voice 4 Your martyrs, Lord, in their sufferings, obtained the crowns of incorruptibility from You, our God. Because having Your strength, they defeated the tormentors; they crushed…

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Katherine Morris

My nephew is about the same age as Fotie must have been, and reading how the boy stepped up and openly said he was Christian too really hit me. Standing there watching his uncle get tortured and still choosing that? Makes you wonder if I'd have that kind of courage. The part about them walking out of the furnace untouched is wild.