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Holy The holy [[martyr]] '''Eubotius''' (or Eubiotos) lived during the reign of the [[Category:Roman Emperors|Emperor ]] Maximian in 298. He came from a village called Ptoketon, which lies in the province which is called "of Opsikios". He was born and brought up there , and that this is also where he also reached the end of his lifedied. Because the saint led a life pleasing to God and worked excelled in every kind of [[Virtues|virtue]], he suffered a lot of much harm from the Greeks moving as he moved from place to place and being was beaten. Moreover, he suffered exceedingly because he performed many [[miracle]]s and through them he made many unbelievers return to the faith of [[Christ]]. Once, after he had been roughly beaten by the Greeks with sticks and stones, he was thrown into the fire. But, because he was kept harmless through the grace of Christ, many people who saw this, were amazed, believed in Christ , and were [[Baptism|baptised]] at the [[Churchchurch]] there, which was had been established by the apostles [[Apostle Paul|Paul]] and [[Apostle Silas|Silas]].

When Leontios, the governor of Kyzikos (Cyzicus), was informed of this, he sent men to fetch bind the [[saint]] bound in front of him and immediately ordered to them hit him Eubotius on his the mouth, jaws , and cheeks with stones. Then they hung him on a tree and they tore his body apart with whips. Next they threw him to the lions to eat himbe eaten. But, because he was kept unharmedwhen the lions did not harm Eubotius, they locked him in prison. When Again many Greeks saw this admirable thing, they hastened to the faith of Christ , and were baptised. The governor, however, ordered the gladiators to kill the saint. But Instead, they killed each other, because darkness had come on over them. The martyr was kept unharmed and was thrown again in prison. Twenty-two days later a God-sent and joyous message was heard: [[Constantine the Great|Constantine]] was coming from the western parts of Europe to the east to fight the tyrant Maximian who . Maximian was so scared that he ordered the Christians should be set free from prisons and chains. That is when this great saint Eubotius was set free from his chains, returned to his cell, lived for five more years, and, after he had performed many more miracles, commended his spirit to the Lord in peace in 318. The Church remembers him as a martyr (though he was not killed) on [[December 18]].