The Holy Martyr Nikander
Commemorated on March 15
The Holy Martyr
Nikander suffered in Egypt under the emperor Diocletian (284-305). He was a
physician and during the time of the persecution he visited Christians locked
up in prison, he rendered them help, brought them food, and buried the dead.
One time he came to
the place where the bodies of killed martyrs were thrown for devouring by wild
beasts. Fearing to bury them by day, he waited for night and under cover of
darkness buried the bodies. They discovered Saint Nikander and subjected him to
terrible tortures: they skinned him alive and then beheaded him (+ c. 302).
© 1996-2001 by translator Fr. S. Janos.