Martyr
Martyr Menas Kallikelados
†ок. 313 (при имп. Максимине Дайе)
Martyr Menas Kallikelados — a native of Athens, sent by Emperor Maximinus Daia to Alexandria to quell Christian-pagan unrest, who instead openly preached Christianity and converted the governor Hermogenes sent to try him; beheaded together with Hermogenes by the emperor's personal order; a distinct saint from the Great Martyr Menas of Egypt (Cotyaeum).
The Martyr Menas Kallikelados was a native of Athens who held a prominent position at the court of Emperor Maximinus Daia. When unrest broke out between Christians and pagans in Alexandria, the emperor sent Menas there to restore order. However, upon arriving in the city, instead of suppressing the Christians, Menas himself openly confessed faith in Christ. The governor Hermogenes, sent to try him, witnessing Menas's courage under torture and a healing miracle, himself came to believe in Christ. When this became known to the emperor, he personally came to Alexandria: Menas's secretary Eugraphus was executed by the emperor's own hand, and then Menas and Hermogenes were beheaded. Their relics were later translated to Constantinople. He is venerated as a saint distinct from the Great Martyr Menas of Egypt (Cotyaeum, feast Nov 11/24) — both are explicitly identified as different saints by ru.wikipedia.org and pravenc.ru.