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'''Anthony, John, and Eustathios (Eustace)''' are 14th century [[martyrs ]] (+ 1347) of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]]. They were attached to the [[Muscovy|Muscovite]] mission in the court of the pagan warlord, Algirdas (Olgierd) of Lithuania. Algirdas was married to a Russian [[Christian ]] princess, and the missionaries were permitted only to minister to the religious needs of the princess and her retinue. All [[Proselytism|proselytising ]] was strictly proscribed. The three youths were apprehended for preaching in public and brought before Algirdas, who ordered them to consume meat during a solemn [[fast]]. When they refused, he had them tortured and killed. Their incorrupt [[relics ]] are entombed in a crypt below the [[altar ]] of the [[cathedral ]] [[church ]] in the [[Monastery ]] of the Holy Spirit in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Their feast day [[feastday]] is celebrated on [[April 14]]. [[Category:Martyrs]][[Category:Saints]]