Two martyrs who were beheaded near Constantinople.
Pamphilus and Capiton are a pair of early Christian martyrs commemorated together in the Orthodox calendar. According to the synaxarion they were beheaded by the sword at Oliurea, a locality near Constantinople, and they are kept as a single joint commemoration.
Very little is recorded of them. The surviving notice supplies only the manner and place of their death and their feast; no dates, offices, or background are preserved, and their century is not established. The name Capiton also appears in the variant spelling Capito.
Your holy martyrs Pamphilus and Capiton, O Lord,
through their sufferings have received incorruptible crowns from You, our God.
For having Your strength, they laid low their adversaries,
and shattered the powerless boldness of demons.
Through their intercessions, save our souls!
Text used with permission of the Orthodox Church in America (oca.org).
The martyrs are commemorated on August 12, a day that falls within the Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of the Lord.
Several other saints share the date in the Orthodox calendar, among them the Martyrs Anicetus and Photius of Nicomedia and those with them, the Hieromartyr Alexander, Bishop of Comana, and the Martyr Gerontius and companions of the Saint David Gareji Monastery in Georgia.