Synaxarium
Daily Stories of the Saints
for the Blessed Month of Baramoudah
The Eighteenth Day of the Blessed Month of Baramoudah
Baramouda 18
Martyrdom of St.Arsenius, Slave of St.Sousnyous
On this day St. Arsenius, the slave of St. Sousnyous,
was martyred. When Emperor Diocletian was torturing St. Sousnyous, St.
Sousnyous father told the Emperor that Sousnyous had a slave, whose name
is Arsenius and that he worshiped Christ and denounced the worship of the
idols. The Emperor brought the slave and asked him about his belief. Arsenius
confessed the Divinity of the Lord Christ, and also admonished the Emperor
for deserting the worship of the true God and his insistence on worshiping
the idols. The Emperor became furious and ordered him to beheaded him before
his master, and thus he received the crown of martyrdom.
May His prayers be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.