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Simeon of Beth Arsham

Simeon of Beth Arsham
Simeon of Beth Arsham
Hieromartyr
Bishop

The Holy Martyrs Nirs, Bishop, and Joseph, his disciple, as well as John, Savory, Isaac, and Hypatius, Bishops of Persia, suffered for Christ in Persia under King Shapur II. Nirs and Joseph were beheaded, John was stoned, Isaac and Hypatius also met a martyr's death. Saint Savory died in prison, after which his head was cut off. The martyr Azat, a eunuch, was strangled by a renegade presbyter. The martyrs Sasonius, Thecla, Anna, and many other men and women also suffered and died for Christ († 343).

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