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Feast · June 17

Isaurus, Basil, and Companions

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The Life

Isaurus, Basil, and Companions is venerated as a martyr of the early Christian or Byzantine Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar. The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church, and the witness of those who suffered for Christ is preserved by the Orthodox tradition as a living encouragement to all the faithful. A more complete account of this saint's life and martyrdom will be added soon.