The memory of the holy martyrs Zinon and Zina

The holy martyr Zinnon was from the city of Philadelphia in Arabia, which in antiquity was called Yemen, and Zinnas was his servant and was eager to suffer for his faith in Christ.

When the egemon Maximian ruled the region during the reign of the emperor Maximian, the holy Zinon [according to Meseceslav the Emperor Vasily and the Greek synaksarius Zinon was a warrior.] distributed all his possessions to the poor, and set the slaves free.

And when he saw him, he said unto him, Behold, I am come unto thee; and behold, I am come unto thee; and behold, I am come unto thee; and behold, I am come unto thee.

And when Zeno was come to the place of torment, his servant Zeno came and besought his lord that he would not drive him away, and that he would not leave him; and when he heard of it, he commanded that Zeno should also be put in the stocks.

When the two holy martyrs were brought before the Ecumenical Patriarch for questioning and refused to deny Christ, they were brutally beaten, and St. Zeno's chest and heart were also burned with hot iron rods.

The saints were then hanged on a tree, tied to their feet with heavy stones, and their muscles were burned in the fire, and then thrown into a pit of fire and oil was poured on the fire, but since the holy martyrs miraculously remained unharmed and not even scorched by fire, their heads were finally cut off with a sword [The holy martyrs died in 304 during the reign of Maximian Hercules, co-ruler of Diocletian from 286 to 305].

Their memory is commemorated in the church of St. George in Cyparissia [Cyparissia or Cypariss - a place in Constantinople]. On this day, the memory of the holy martyr Galaction, who was drowned in the sea, and Juliana, together with her son Saturninus, is commemorated.