Martyrs Zeno Chariton & Archontius

Zeno, Chariton, and Archontius are commemorated on September 3 among the martyrs of Nicomedia, the eastern imperial capital, who suffered during the persecution of Christians under the emperors Diocletian and Maximian in the early fourth century. Their commemoration falls on the same day as that of the Hieromartyr Anthimus, bishop of the city, and the larger company of Nicomedian martyrs associated with him.

According to the synaxarion, the Martyr Zeno was put to death by being immersed in a cauldron of molten lead, and the Martyr Chariton by being cast into a pit of boiling lime. The Martyr Archontius is commemorated together with them on the same date. Beyond the manner of their deaths and their place among the martyrs of Nicomedia, the surviving accounts preserve little further detail of their lives.