Eustathius and his wife and his two sons
On this day Eustathius and his two sons and his wife became martyrs. This man was one of the chief generals of the Imperial Army of Rome, and he knew not God.
From the Synaxarium
Meskerem 27 · October 07
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Death of Thecla
On this day died the holy woman Tekla (Thecla) who was a martyr without the shedding of blood.
Antilarius the tax gatherer
On this day died Saint Antilarius. This holy man was an officer of the tax-gatherers, and he had no mercy on anyone.
John of Dabra Sege
On this day died Abba John of Debra Tsege. This holy man by means of excessive fasting, and prayers, and vigil made his body emaciated, and he became like a dried clod of earth.
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.
