The Orthodox Church commemorates Holy Martyr Emilian, from the Thracian city of Dorostolum and lived under Emperor Julian the Apostate.
Martyr Emilian was a slave of a prominent idolater, who, when he learned that Emilian was a Christian, was so enraged that he fiercely tortured him and threatened him that if he did not renounce Christianity he would continue to torture him. Instead of being intimidated by the threats, Martyr Emilian went to the…
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