The memory of the holy martyr Solon
The holy martyr Solon lived in the time of King Maximian, was of Egyptian origin, and was a Christian by title. He served as a warrior under the tribune of Campus, who had under his command three thousand soldiers. When, by order of the king, Campus arrived with his regiment from Egypt to Chalcedon, originally a Magarian colony on the shore of the Marmara Sea, under Christian emperors Chalcedon was the capital of the province of Bithynia in Asia Minor.
In 467 C.E., the monophysitic heresy was condemned by the archimandrite Eutychius of Constantinople, who taught that the human nature in Jesus Christ was completely absorbed by the divine nature and therefore only one divine nature should be recognized in him.] , all the commanders along with their soldiers were ordered to offer sacrifices to idols. Complying with the king's order, Campan began to sacrifice.
When the saints were then subjected to various cruel tortures and beaten, Pamfamir and Pamfalon gave their souls into the hands of God, while Saint Solomon continued to courageously confess the name of Christ to all who heard. When he learned of this, Campanus was very angry and ordered his servants to open the mouth of the martyr with a sword and pour the blood of the idol into his mouth.
After this, the saint was subjected to many other tortures: the torturers beat him without mercy, dragged him by his feet on tiles and sharp stones; then they hung him by his right hand on a tree attached to the house, and to his left foot they tied a large stone; in this position the saint hung from six o'clock to nine o'clock; at the same time the torturers urged Solomon to deny Christ, but he did not fulfill their evil desire. When the saint was taken from the torture tree and placed on the ground by evening, to everyone's surprise, he could stand as healthy. Finally, late in the evening, Campan, in a rage, took a cane, and with a pen in her hand, she cut off her holy head so that it went through his whole head.
When the soldiers had left the place of torture, the Christians came and took the body of the holy martyr, who was very weak from the torture; laying him on the bed, they brought him to the house of a Christian widow. Here the saint tasted some bread and drank water. A little strengthened, he began to converse with the Christians who surrounded his bed, admonishing them to be steadfast and courageous in confessing the faith of Christ.