Commemorated on May 6
The
Holy Martyrs Bacchus, Barbarus the Soldier, Callimachus and Dionysius
lived during the fourth century and served in the army of the emperor
Julian the Apostate.
When the military commander Bacchus and two soldiers, Callimachus and
Dionysius, saw St Barbarus healed by an angel, they believed in Christ
and repudiated the pagan gods. For this, they were immediately beheaded.
SOURCE:
SAINT OR FEAST POSTED THIS DATE 2010(with 2009's link here also and further, 2008's, even 2007!
Meeting the Lord in His Holy Church
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A Homily for Palm Sunday
St. Neophyte Lyubimov
With this entrance, the Lord showed the whole world that He is Christ the
King Who has come to save men, not...
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