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Holy Hieromartyrs Nicander, Bishop of Myra and Hermas, the priest 11/17/2013
These holy Martyrs were both ordained by the Apostle Titus. They were distinguished by their great zeal for the faith and their great diligence in bringing the pagans to the faith. Because of this they were denounced to the Governor Libanius, who put them to fierce tortures. They were stoned, dragged along the stones, cast into prison, starved and endured many other tortures such that a human being could not endure lest encouraged by help from God. And God appeared to them in many different ways: when they were thrown into a fire, He sent his angel to make the fire cold. At last the merciless tyrants threw them into a grave and covered them with earth. People take lives in vain when God gives life and they abuse in vain when He praises.
