The Holy Martyr Callinicus.
Callinicus was born in Cilicia. From
his youth he was educated in Christian piety. Abandoning all, he went
to preach the Holy Gospel. In Ancyra, a heathen Prince Sarcedos
arrested him. When the prince threatened him with cruel tortures if
he did not worship the idols, St. Callinicus answered him: "To
me all pain for my God is most welcome as bread is to a hungry man."
After cruel tortures and beatings, the prince placed iron shoes with
nails protruding inside on his feet and ordered that he be driven
into the city of Gangra for the prince was afraid to torture him
anymore or to kill him in Ancyra for many, observing the heroic
patience of this holy man, converted to the Faith of Christ. Along
the way the soldiers became thirsty but there was no water. St.
Callinicus prayed to God and brought forth water from a stone. When
they arrived in the city of Gangra, the torturers threw St.
Callinicus into a fiery furnace. The saint prayed to God saying: "
I give thanks to you O Heavenly Father for making me worthy of this
hour in which I die for Your Name." After that, he entered the
fire. When the fire died down they found his body, whole and unharmed
by the fire. He honorably suffered and was crowned with the wreath of
eternal glory about the year 250 A.D.
Respectably Taken From the:
"The Prologue of Ohrid"
by St. Nikolai of Zica, Serbia(Velimirovic)
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