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Our Father among SaintsThe holy, glorious and right-victorious Hieromartyr '''the Hieromartyr TheraponTherapont, Bishop of Sardis''' suffered for Christ during the third century (the city of Sardis was in Lydia, Asia Minor). In fulfilling his priestly service, St. Therapon Therapont enlightened many of the pagan Greeks with the light of the Christian Faith faith and [[baptism|baptized]] them. For this, he was brought to trial before the governor Julian and fearlessly declared himself a Christian [[bishop]].
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They threw him into prison, where he languished with hunger and thirst, and then they gave him over to cruel tortures. These torments did not break the saint's valiant confession of faith. They led the saint off in chains to the city of Sinaion in Phrygia, and then to Ancyra.
In these cities they tortured him again. They took him to the River Astala, where they stretched him naked upon the ground, fastened to four stakes, and fiercely beat him. After this torture, they took the [[passion-bearer]] him to the outskirts of the Satalia diocese, part of the Sardis metropolitanate, and here after long beatings St. Therapon Therapont ended his martyric contest.
The stakes to which the saint had been tied, and which were soaked with his blood, put forth green shoots and grew into large trees, whose leaves were found to have curative powers. Many people received healing through them. St. Therapont's feast day is on [[May 27]].
:Having partaken of the apostolic way of life,
:And becoming their successor to the throne,
:You have Thou hast discovered in the practice of the virtues
:The way to divine contemplation.
:Therefore dispensing the word of truth
:You have Thou hast also suffered to the shedding of blood for the sake of the faith,:O holy martyr TherapontesTherapont, entreat Christ our God to save our souls.
[[Kontakion]] (Tone 1)
:In righteous suffering, O Therapontes Therapont saint of Christ,:You Thou didst truly became become a hierarch and martyr.:Therefore we entreat you thee to heal the ingrained passions of our souls,:Entreating Christ who loves loveth mankind and grants granteth mercy.
==SourcesSource==
*[http://www.oca.org/FSlives.asp www.oca.org - Lives of Saints, May 27.]
[[Category: Saints]][[Category: Bishops]][[Category: Martyrs]]
