*'abadir' + 'iraja'*

(killed ~ 319)

(‘Abadir’ and ‘Iraja’ are saints in the ‘Coptic Church’)

They are reported to have been children of the sister of Basilides, the father of kings.

According to their legend/story, Abadir and Iraja fled from Antioch to Alexandria, were arrested there, brought to Antinoe, and beheaded there with 3,685 companions.

These included the following priests:

Cluthus, a priest and physician of Antinoe;

Apa Paphnutius of Tentyra

Apa Isaac of Tiphre

Apa Shamul of Taraphia

Apa Simon of Tapcho

Sissinus of Tantatho

Theodore of Chotep

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 Osjut 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: http://www.copticchurch.net/synaxarium/1_28.html)

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