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Abdias (Abidas or Obadiah) of Persia

Abdias (Abidas or Obadiah) of Persia
Abdias (Abidas or Obadiah) of Persia
Martyr

Saint Martyr Avdius lived and suffered in Persia. For attracting many to the faith in Christ, the chief of the magi ordered him to be taken and forced to worship the sun and fire, to renounce Christ. For his firm confession of the true God, he endured cruel tortures: he was beaten with thorny sticks covered with sharp thorns. Four soldiers beat him for so long that he was carried out dead to a house, where he soon surrendered his holy and blessed soul to God, glorifying and thanking Him, rejoicing that he was deemed worthy to suffer for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Saint Martyr Avdius suffered during the reign of the Persian king Izdigerd (408-420 AD).

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