The suffering of the holy martyr Antiochus

The holy martyr Antiochus of Christ was a native of the city of Sevastia [the city of Sevastia, now Sivas, was in the Roman province of Pontus in Asia Minor, at the foot of one of the western branches of the anti-Taurus mountain range on the right bank of the Galician river, now the Kirik of Irmacus, near its headwaters.] He was a physician by profession, and he went about all the cities of his country, and with his art healed the possessed of various diseases. By the command of the governor of the province, Hadrian, he was seized and, having undergone various tortures, was finally thrown into the sandbox, but remained unharmed.

The warrior who beheaded St. Antiochus, named Kyriakos, immediately after the execution of the saint boldly declared himself a Christian and cursed idols. For this, on the order of Hadrian, his head was cut off, and he was buried with the holy martyr Antiochus.