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Saint Dometius lived during the reign of Constantine the Great. He was born in Persia and was instructed in the Christian faith by a believer named Avarus.
Leaving behind his relatives, he fled to the city of Nisibis, where he received Holy Baptism and became a monk. Seeking to escape the envy of other monks, he later withdrew to the Monastery of Saints Sergius and Bacchus in Theodosiopolis. In time, the abbot of the monastery Urbel, recognized his spiritual gifts and wished to ordain him a presbyter. The saint, however, humbly refused and departed for the desert.
He lived on a mountain, enduring both heat and cold, working miracles and healing the sick who came to him in faith.
When Julian the Apostate came to power and initiated persecutions against the Christians, the saint was arrested and stoned to death.
Saint Dometius, together with two of his disciples, became martyrs on March 23, 363.
The Church commemorates their memory on August 7.
