Back to the saints / Confessors / St Acacius the Confessor, Bishop of Melitene

Confessor · 3rd century

Acacius the Confessor Bishop of Melitene

Also known as Acacius of Melitene

Bishop of Melitene who boldly confessed Christ and was tortured during the Decian persecution but survived, earning the title Confessor.

Explore

Hymn / Apolytikion Icon gallery Video / Media

Related Saints

Saint Flavian the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople · Hierarch
Theodotus of Cyrenia · Hieromartyr
Saint Euschemon the Confessor, Bishop of Lampsacus · Confessor
Saint Eutychius of Constantinople · Hierarch
African Confessors exiled by the Vandals · Hierarch
Hieromartyr Theogenes, Bishop of Parium · Hieromartyr

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints