Today, Saturday (31.5.2025), according to panel The memory of St. Hermes Martyr, Saint Magos is honored.
The names that celebrate today, according to the calendar, are:
- Hermes, Hermes, Hermes
- Maya, magician
Saint Hermes
Saint Martyr of Hermes lived in the Coomana of Cappadocia at the time of the Emperor of Roman Antoninos Pius. He had joined the troops of Caesar from an early age and quickly stood out for his bravery, bravery and racing mindset, which he derives from his faith in Jesus Christ.
During the reign of Mark Aurelius (138 – 161 AD) there was a great persecution against the Christians, and among the first to arrested, Hermes was also ignoring his great services in his homeland and his respectable old age. He was driven in front of Duke Sevastian, who ordered him to sacrifice the idols.
However, the Saint Antigenic and unstoppable, refused to betray his Lord and sacrifice to the one -of -the -art pagan pagans. With the sweetness who distinguished him, he replied to the urge of the tyrants: “It would be very silly respected to leave the light and prefer the darkness, to abandon the truth and to embrace the lie, to give up my life and to prefer life. So it would be absurd at the end of my life to lose these precious goods. “
Then, the lord was outraged, he ordered, after torturing him hard, to throw him into the fire. But with the intervention and grace of God, the saint came out of the body and harmless of all horrific torture. Eventually he was beheaded by giving him the crown of glory in 160 AD.
Also today is the World Anti -Smoking Day.