On the 28th of the month, we keep the Memory of the TWENTY THOUSAND MARTYRS, who were burned to death in their church at NICOMEDIA; the Holy Martyrs of Nicomedia who escaped the fire but received the palm of martyrdom through other torments: DOMNA and THEOPHILA; INDES the eunuch; PETER And GORGONIUS; ZENO; DOROTHEUS, MARDONIUS and MIGDONIUS, courtiers; GLYCERIUS the priest; THEOPHILUS, the deacon; our Venerable Father SIMON the OUTPOURER of MYRRH (Myroblytis), founder of the Monastery of Simonos Petra (New Bethlehem) on the Holy Mountain of Athos
