The Martyr Tryphon was born in Phrygia, one of the districts
of Asia Minor, in the village of Lampsacus. From his early years the
Lord granted him the power to cast out demons and to heal various
maladies. He once saved the inhabitants of his native city from
starvation. Saint Tryphon, by the power of his prayer, turned back a
plague of locusts that were devouring the grain and devastating the
fields.
Saint Tryphon gained particular fame by casting out an
evil spirit from the daughter of the Roman emperor Gordian (238-244).
Helping everyone in distress, he asked only one thing from them: faith
in Jesus Christ, by Whose grace he healed them.
When the emperor
Decius (249-251) assumed the imperial throne, he began a fierce
persecution of Christians. Someone reported to the commander Aquilinus
that Saint Tryphon was boldly preaching faith in Christ, and that he led
many to Baptism. The saint was arrested and subjected to interrogation,
during which he fearlessly confessed his faith.
He was subjected
to harsh tortures: they beat him with clubs, raked his body with iron
hooks, they scorched his flesh with fire, and led him through the city,
after iron nails were hammered into his feet. Saint Tryphon bravely
endured all the torments without complaint.
Read more:
https://oca.org/saints/lives/2019/02/01/100397-martyr-tryphon-of-lampsacus-near-apamea-in-syria
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