From the Synaxarium
Meskerem 16 · September 26
3 commemorations
On this day took place the consecration of the Church, and the Sanctuary, and the grave of our Lord Jesus Christ, to Whom be praise, in the holy city of Jerusalem, and of all the holy places which 'Eleni (Helena), the empress, laid bare.
On this day died Obit, the son of Gabael of the seed of 'Asael, of the tribe of Naphtali, who was carried off into captivity in the days of 'Anemesor, the King of Persia (sic), he was a native of Tabes, on the right hand of Kades, which is Naphtali in Galilee, which is above 'Aser.
On this day are commemorated Warkela, and Simeon, and Markenos (Marcianus) [and 'Azyanos, and Hali, and Ronikos], and Lucianus, and 'Azremanos, and Peter, and Hannah, and Abba Agathon who stopped his mouth with a stone.
From the Synaxarium, the Book of the Saints of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, in the translation of Sir E. A. Wallis Budge (1928). Summarised — the full account is longer.
