Hieromartyr Hermolaus and Martyrs Hermippus and Hermocrates at Nicomedia

The honest presbyter Ermolai and the holy martyrs Ermippus and Ermokrat were priests of the holy church of Nicomedia, representing a remnant of the 20,000 martyrs who were burned by Maximian. They hid from the pagans, but wherever they could, they turned pagans to Christ. Saint Ermolai converted the physician Panteleimon to Christianity. When Panteleimon was taken for torture, he pointed to Ermolai as his teacher. Saint Ermolai and his fellow ministers were captured and, confessing Christ, were sentenced to death, ending their lives by the sword. More details about their sufferings are reported in the life of Saint Great Martyr Panteleimon.