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Martyr Abercius the son of the Apostle Alphaeus

MAY 26
According to Tradition, the Holy Martyrs Abercius and Helen were children of the holy Apostle Alphaeus. For confessing faith in Christ, St Abercius was tied naked to a beehive and died from the bees’ sting.