On November 12, the Orthodox honor the Hieromartyr Zinovy

Saints Zinovius and Zinovius lived in the third century in Cilicia, in what is now Turkey. From their youth, they adopted the precepts of Christianity, led a righteous life, and, growing up, distributed all their inheritance to the needy. For mercy, the Lord gave Zinovius the gift of healing, and later he became a bishop of the local community, actively converting the pagans to the new faith.

Everything changed with the beginning of the persecution under the emperor Diocletian. The bishop was captured and brought to the governor Lysias. He gave an ultimatum: worship pagan idols and save life or die. Zinovius firmly answered that an earthly existence without Christ is death, and he is ready to accept temporary torments for the sake of eternal salvation. The saint was subjected to cruel torture: crucified, burned on a red-hot bed and boiled in a pot. Seeing her brother’s suffering, Zinovia fearlessly declared her faith and shared his fate. Both martyrs were beheaded, and their bodies were secretly buried by Presbyter Hermogenes.

On the same day, the church honors the memory of the Apostle Tertius (Terentius), Bishop of Iconium. He was one of the 70 disciples and the closest associate of the Apostle Paul, performing the role of a kind of “secretary”: because of problems with vision and handwriting, Tertius wrote down his epistles. “I greet you in the Lord, I also, Tertius, who wrote this letter” (Romans 16:22). Later Tertius became a bishop in Iconia, where he also accepted a martyr's crown for preaching the Gospel.

November 12 celebrate the name day Alexander, Artem, German, Zinovy, Joseph, Leonid, Makar, Maxim, Mark, Matvey, Stepan, Terenty, Julian, Anastasia, Elena, Semen.