Abadir and Iraja are saints in the
Coptic Church
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and the
Roman Catholic Church
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.
Legend
They are reported to have been children of the sister of Basilides, "the father of kings". According to their legend, Abadir and Iraja fled from Antioch to Alexandria. They were arrested there and brought to
Antinoe in Upper Egypt, where they were beheaded along with Cluthus, a physician and priest, and another 3,685 companions. These included the following priests:
*Apa Paphnutius of Tentyra
*Apa Isaac of Tiphre
*Apa Shamul of Taraphia
*Apa Simon of Tapcho
*Sissinus of Tantatho
*
Theodore of Shotep
*Moses of Psammaniu
*Philotheus of Pemdje
*Macarius of Fayum
*Maximus of Vuchim
*Macroni of Thoni
*Senuthius of Buasti
*Simeon of Thou
*Ptolemaeus, son of the Eparch, and
*Thomas of Tanphot.
Abadir and Iraja had a church dedicated to them in
Asyut
AsyutAlso spelled ''Assiout'' or ''Assiut'' ( ar, أسيوط ' , from ' ) is the capital of the modern Asyut Governorate in Egypt. It was built close to the ancient city of the same name, which is situated nearby. The modern city is located at ...
in Egypt.
[ Their feast day is on September 25 (Gregorian Calendar) and October 8 (Julian Calendar).
The text of their Passion exists in both Sahidic and Bohairic Coptic and fragments can be found at the National Library, Vienna, Wiener Papyrussammlung, K2563 a-l, ed.
Orlandi, 1974, the National Library, Paris, Copte 129.16.104 and the Vatican Library, Rome, Copti 63, fols. 1-65, ed. Hyvernat, 1886–1887.
A summary of their lives, commemorated on Tout 28 (October 8), can be found in the ]Copto-Arabic Synaxarion
Copto-Arabic literature is the literature of the Copts written in Arabic. It is distinct from Coptic literature, which is literature written in the Coptic language.
Copto-Arabic literature begins in the 10th century, has its golden age in the 13 ...
.[Holweck, F. G. ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints'']
St. Louis, Mo: B. Herder Book Co. 1924., p. 1
References
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Groups of Christian martyrs of the Roman era
Saints from Roman Egypt
Saints duos