10 / 23 June

The Hieromartyr Timothy, Bishop of Brussa

For his great spiritual purity, God gave him the gift of wonder-working, and he healed all manner of diseases and pains among the people. During the reign of the evil Emperor Julian, who had renounced Christ, holy Timothy was thrown into prison. The faithful visited him there to listen to the wise teaching of their bishop. When this came to his ears, Julian commanded that the executioner behead him in the prison. This was in 362, and his soul entered into Paradise while his relics remained, full of miraculous power, to help the people and declare the power of the Lord. The Holy Martyrs Alexander and Antonina.

On the same day: St Bassian, Bishop of Lodi; Synaxis of All Saints of Siberia: St. John (Maximovitch), namesday