Ten thousand martyrs
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Ten thousand martyrs may refer to the ten thousand martyred Fathers in the Deserts and caves of Scete by Theophilus of Alexandria or to the ten thousand martyrs of Mount Ararat who were, according to
Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand painted by Albrecht Dürer.
Martyrs of Nicomedia
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The Martyrs of Nicomedia refer to a large group of Christians traditionally believed to have been killed in the Roman city of Nicomedia during the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. Accord
Ten thousand martyrs
…Orthodox Synaxarion, where it is referred to as the "Myriads of Holy Martyrs, by the sword, at Nicomedia". Francis Mershman identifies these as those 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia killed during the Diocletianic Persecution. The second entry in the Roman Martyrology is for June 22 on Mount Ararat; however, this appears to be based…
Miniature depicting the martyrs from the Menologion of Basil II
Anthimus of Nicomedia and companions depicted in the Menologion of Basil II