Martyr · Old Testament
Seven Holy Maccabee Martyrs
Also known as Abim · Antonius · Gurias · Eleazar · Eusebonus · Alimus · Marcellus
Seven brothers who, with their mother and their teacher, chose torture and death under Antiochus rather than taste forbidden food and forsake the Law of their fathers, the first martyrs for the true God before the coming of Christ.
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Notes
Named brother group; commemorated with their mother Solomonia and their teacher Eleazar.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints