The suffering of the holy martyrs Timothy, Agapius and Thecla

The famous martyr Timothy was a native of the Palestinian city of Gaza, one of the five major cities of the ancient Philistines and the border of the Canaanites in southern Palestine.

In the New Testament, Gaza is mentioned only in the story of the conversion of the Ethiopian queen Kandakia (Acts 8:26). From the 4th century, Gaza was already a Christian city, and in the 7th century it was conquered by the Mahometans.]

He was arrested in Gaza and, before the governor of the city, Urbanus, on interrogation, he declared himself a Christian, while preaching about Christ's love for people, about his coming to earth and incarnation.

Thrown into the fire, he died.

At the same time, in that city, the saints Agabus and Thecla were subjected to cruel torture, and because they still held the faith in Christ, they were thrown to beasts, from which they died, receiving heavenly crowns.

In 304, in the city of

The first was burned, St. Fekla was torn to pieces by beasts, and St. Agapius was thrown into the sea.