During the reign of the Roman Emperor Antoninus, the warrior Victor, a believer in our Lord Jesus Christ, openly confessed his faith. The commander Sebastian summoned him and ordered him to offer a sacrifice to the idols, to which Saint Victor replied that he serves the Heavenly King and will not fulfill the command of a mortal king. After severe tortures, including being placed in a furnace and poisoned, the saint remained unharmed, which led to the conversion of a sorcerer to Christianity.
The commander, unable to break the saint, ordered his eyes to be gouged out and to be hanged upside down. Saint Victor, remaining alive, healed the soldiers who had been blinded by terror. A woman named Stephania, having seen the crowns sent from heaven, glorified the martyr and was herself captured. She refused to renounce Christ and was torn in two.
Saint Victor was beheaded, predicting the death of his tormentors. Upon his death, milk mixed with blood flowed from his body, which led many to faith. Saint Victor and the holy martyr Stephania suffered on the eleventh of November in the city of Damascus, where they now dwell in the glory of God.
