Venerable Martyr
Venerable Martyr Dometius the Persian, of Syria
IV век — †363
Venerable Martyr Dometius the Persian — a Persian by birth, converted to Christ by a certain Uar; he received baptism and monastic tonsure in Nisibis (Mesopotamia), then labored in the monastery of Sts. Sergius and Bacchus under Archimandrite Nurvel; withdrawing to a deserted mountain in Syria near the city of Cyrrhus, he became renowned for miracles and the conversion of pagans; he was stoned to death by order of Emperor Julian the Apostate in 363.
Venerable Martyr Dometius was born in pagan Persia, but in his youth was converted to Christ by a certain Uar. Leaving pagan Persia, Dometius came to Nisibis (Mesopotamia), where he received baptism and monastic tonsure in one of the local monasteries. He then withdrew to the monastery of the holy martyrs Sergius and Bacchus in the city of Theodosiopolis, under the guidance of the strict ascetic Archimandrite Nurvel. In this monastery Dometius was ordained deacon, but when Archimandrite Nurvel decided to elevate him to the priesthood, the saint, considering himself unworthy, withdrew to a deserted mountain in Syria, in the region of the city of Cyrrhus. In the Syrian desert he became renowned for the gift of wonderworking and the conversion of many pagans to Christ. He died a martyr's death, stoned by order of Emperor Julian the Apostate in 363. His memory is kept on August 7/20.