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Saint Hermias of Apollonia

Martyr
Apollonia
Feast day: June 17

Group fresco fragment with Hermias of Apollonia at the right; other companions remain visible. Image source: Holy Metropolis of Oropos and Phyle — Iconological Synaxarion

A life of faith

Hermias was among the Christians whom the deacon Isaurus encountered and instructed at a cave near Apollonia. Relatives reported the companions to the official Tripondius. The group refused to abandon Christ and was tortured under Apollonius, the official’s son. Their received life recounts their deliverance and influence on other converts before their eventual beheading.

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