Martyr
Martyr Kindeus of Side
† нач. IV века
Martyr Kindeus of Side — a presbyter of the city of Side in Pamphylia (not to be confused with Phoenician Sidon), who suffered during the persecution of Emperor Diocletian: having himself paid a woodcutter for firewood seized by soldiers and carried it himself to the place of execution, he was burned at the stake, continuing to preach to onlookers until a sudden storm extinguished the flames.
Martyr Kindeus, a presbyter of the city of Side in the region of Pamphylia (Asia Minor; not to be confused with the Phoenician city of Sidon — a common confusion owing to the similarity of the names), suffered during the persecution of Emperor Diocletian (early 4th century). According to one tradition he was a native of the locality of Talmenia near Side.
When soldiers forcibly seized firewood from a poor woodcutter for the pyre on which the martyr was to be burned, Kindeus paid the woodcutter thirty copper coins for what had been taken and himself carried the wood to the place of execution. Mounting the pyre, he continued preaching Christ to the onlookers until a sudden storm swept in and doused the flames with rain; shortly afterward the martyr died in peace. A pagan priest who witnessed this miracle came to believe, together with his wife, and buried the saint's body with honor.
His feast is kept on July 11/24.
NOTE: the original stub was an unprocessed image caption from pravicon.com (the Stroganov icon-painting pattern-book, late 16th–early 17th century) — it has been reworked into a coherent life; the spelling has been clarified as "Side," not "Sidon" (two different, unrelated cities).