St. Nerses

Feastday: November 20

Persian bishop and martyr. He was arrested with a group of ten or twelve disciples during the persecution of Christians under King Shapur II of Persia. Dragged before the king, they were offered the choice of worshiping the sun or being executed. When they refused to worship. they were all put to death. Nerses was bishop of Sahgerd.

 

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