During the reign of Diocletian and Maximian in Rome, there lived a man named Pancharis, from the land of the Uz. He, having renounced his faith in Christ, became a close associate of Maximian, but upon receiving a letter from his mother and sister, he remembered the fear of God and the Terrible Judgment. Pancharis, weeping bitterly, cried out to the Lord for mercy.
Maximian, learning of his tears, asked if he was a Nazarene. Pancharis confirmed this, and the emperor, wishing to preserve him, ordered him to be subjected to tortures. Pancharis, not renouncing Christ, was brutally beaten and sent to Nicomedia with a death sentence.
During the interrogation by the governor of Nicomedia, Pancharis expressed his desire to die for Christ, confessing his renunciation. The governor, seeing his steadfastness, rendered the verdict. Saint martyr Pancharis was beheaded on the nineteenth day of March in the city of Nicomedia.
