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Saint Dometius lived during the reign of Constantine the Great, was born in Persia, and was converted to Christianity by a certain Uar. Leaving his relatives and his pagan homeland, he came to Nisibis, where he received holy baptism and became a monk. Due to the envy of other monks, he fled to the monastery of the holy martyrs Sergius and Bacchus in Theodosiopolis, where he imitated the life of the archimandrite Nurlus. Saint Dometius was ordained as a deacon, but upon learning of the intention to become a priest, he withdrew to the desert. He lived on a mountain, enduring heat and cold, and performed many miracles, healing the sick and converting them to Christ. When Julian the Apostate came, he ordered the saint to be stoned. Saint Dometius, along with two disciples, was killed at the third hour of the day, completing his God-pleasing life on March 23, 363.
