Saint Martyr Papa was born in the city of Laranda in Lycaonia and lived during the reign of Emperor Maximian. For confessing the Christian faith, he was subjected to suffering in his native city, then in Diocesarea, and finally in Seleucia of Isauria. He was beaten with rods, torn with iron claws, endured a long journey in boots with iron nails, and ended his life tied to a tree.
On the same day, the memory of Saint Martyr Julian of Anazarbus, who suffered in Antioch during the reign of Maximian in the 3rd century.
On the same day, the commemoration of Saint Hieromartyr Alexander, Pope of Rome, who was burned in a furnace by the order of Emperor Adrian in the year 119, on May 3.
On the same day, the repose of Saint Serapion, Archbishop of Novgorod, who passed away in 1516.
