Martyr
Martyrs Mocius and Mark
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Also known as: Мчч. Мокий и Марк, Мокий (Мокиан)
Christians arrested under the governor Maximian and beheaded for refusing to sacrifice to idols (4th century).
Only brief information survives about the Martyrs Mocius and Mark. According to the church calendar, they were arrested as Christians and brought before the governor Maximian, refused to sacrifice to idols and were beheaded with the sword in the 4th century; the exact time and place of their death are unknown.
The Lives of the Saints of St Dimitry of Rostov add that on the way to the altar a small child walking ahead of them was beaten for hindering them, that Mocius told his weeping wife and children not to weep, and that Mark's wife received his head at the place of execution. Feast: 3 (16) July. They are distinct from the Hieromartyr Mocius of Amphipolis (11 May).