The Holy Venerable Martyr Dometius.
Dometius was born in Persia as a pagan
during the reign of Emperor Constantine. He became acquainted with
the Faith of Christ as a young man, abandoned paganism and was
baptized. So much did Dometius love the True Faith that he left
everything worldly and was tonsured a monk in a monastery near the
town of Nisibis. He lived for some time among the brethren and then
withdrew to a life of silence to be with an a certain elder
Archmandrite Urbel, about whom it is said that he did not eat
anything cooked for sixty years. The elder Urbel ordained Dometius a
deacon and when he wanted to compel him to receive the rank of a
priest, Dometius withdrew to an isolated mountain and settled in a
cave. He attained such a high degree of perfection through fasting,
prayer, all night vigils and godly-thoughts that he cured the sick.
When Julian the Apostate came to those regions, he heard of Dometius
and sent men, who sealed him alive in the cave along with two of his
disciples. Thus, this saint of God died and took up habitation in the
Kingdom of God in the year 363 A.D.
Respectfully Taken From the:
"The Prologue of Ohrid"
by St. Nikolai of Zica, Serbia(Velimirovic)
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