Venerable-Martyr · 4th century
Monastic Martyrs Epictetus and Astion at Halmyris
Also known as Epictetus · Astion
The priest-monk Epictetus and his young disciple Astion, who came from Bithynia to Halmyris in Scythia Minor and, after working wonders and enduring long torture, were beheaded for Christ under Diocletian.
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Notes
Named pair commemorated as one.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints