Saints celebrated on the 5th of June
SAINT DOROTHEUS OF TYRE, MARTYR
Saint Dorotheus was a priest (some say bishop) of Tyre in Phoenicia, and suffered much for the faith under Diocletian, as the ancient Martyrologies testify. He is said to have survived his torments, and to have reached the times of Julian the Apostate.
MARTYRDOM AT ODYSSOPOLIS IN THRACE
Saint Theophanes, Anastasius the librarian, and the modern Greeks tell us, that he completed his martyrdom at Odyssopolis in Thrace.
Another Dorotheus, a martyr, chamberlain of Diocletian, is mentioned by Eusebius, and honoured with Saint Gorgonius on September 9. The same historian speaks of a third Dorotheus, a priest of Antioch in the same age, a most holy man, and perfectly skilled in the scriptures and in the Hebrew tongue.
From Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Dorotheus may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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