Martyr · 2nd century
Martyr Sukias and his Sixteen Companions in Georgia
Also known as Suchias · Sukia · Sukhios · the Sukianians
Court dignitaries of Caucasian Albania who came to faith in Christ through the preaching of Chrysos, a disciple of the Apostle Thaddeus. Withdrawing to Mount Sukaketi as ascetics, they were martyred by fire (ca. 100-130) under the pagan ruler Datianos.
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Notes
Named cluster commemorated together; Georgian and Armenian tradition. Numbered at sixteen companions.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints; orthochristian.com