Martyr
Martyr Eutropius of Constantinople, Reader
†ок. 404
Martyr Eutropius of Constantinople — a reader under St. John Chrysostom, falsely accused together with the presbyter Tigrius of setting fire to Hagia Sophia and the Senate building after the hierarch's exile in 404 under Empress Eudoxia; he was tortured to death and died in prison.
Martyr Eutropius served as a reader under St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople. After the hierarch's forced exile in 404, riots broke out in the city, and a fire soon damaged Hagia Sophia and the Senate building; Chrysostom's supporters were falsely blamed for the arson. The presbyter Tigrius and the reader Eutropius were seized on this charge under Empress Eudoxia. Tigrius was exiled to Mesopotamia, where he soon died, while Eutropius was subjected to cruel torture — suspended, beaten, and torn with iron — and died in prison from his sufferings. His body was secretly taken and buried by Christians. His memory is kept on June 16/29.