Synaxarium
Daily Stories of the Saints
for the Blessed Month of Baramoudah
The Twenty-Eighth Day of the Blessed Month of Baramoudah
Baramouda 28
Martyrdom of St.Millius, the Ascetic
On this day, St. Milius, the ascetic, was martyred. This
father was an ascetic and fighter all the days of his life. He dwelt in
a cave with his two disciples in mount Khurasan. The two sons of the king
of Khurasan went out to hunt wild animals and they set up their nets. This
Saint fell in their net, and he was dressed in sackcloth made of hair,
and his hair was exceedingly long. When they saw him they were afraid of
him and asked him: "Are you a man or a demon?" He answered: "I am a sinful
man and I dwell here in this mount to worship the Lord Jesus Christ the
Son of the Living God." They told him: "There is no God except the sun
and the fire, offer the sacrifices to them lest we kill you." He answered
them: "These things have been created by God. You are not aware of the
truth. It is preferable for you to worship the true God, the creator of
all these things." They asked him: "Do you claim that he Whom the Jews
crucified is God?" He said to them: "Yes, He Who was crucified for our
sins, and Who was killed and died, is God indeed." The two princes were
raged of him. They seized his two disciples, tortured, and then slew them.
As for St. Milius, they continued to torture him for two weeks. Finally,
they made him stand up between them and shot arrows at him until he departed
in peace. On the following day they went on hunting, followed a wild beast,
and shot arrows at him, and God turned their arrows into their own hearts
killing them.
May The prayers of this Saint be with us and Glory be to our God
forever. Amen.