Saint Acepsimas, Joseph and Aeithalas

Saint Acepsimas, Joseph and Aeithalas

Biography

Akepsimas, Joseph, and Aithalas are early Christian hieromartyrs. Their feast day in the Orthodox Church is November 3 (16). Joseph was a presbyter in the city of Beth-Ketuba in Adiabene. For his adherence to Christianity, the seventy-year-old elder was stoned to death in 377 during the reign of the Persian King Shapur II. He suffered martyrdom alongside Bishop Akepsimas and Deacon Aithalas.

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