Athenogenes na Pedachtoë

Athenogenes (Girkanci na dā) ko Saint Athenogenes na Pedachtoë firist ne, chorepiskopos (ko "bishop na ƙauye"), kuma Shahadar Kirista na ƙarshen 3rd ko farkon 4th karni AZ, kuma shugaban al'ummar Kirista a garin Pedachtoé .  

Rayuwa

An ce an haifi Athenogenes ne ga dangin Kirista a yankin Black Sea na abin da ke yanzu Turkiyya, a cikin wani kauye mai suna "Epiklesoi", a ƙarƙashin birnin Sebastopolis (Sulusaray na zamani) ko Sebastea (Sivas na zamani). Ya yi aure kuma yana da ɗa, Patrophilos . An gabatar da shi a matsayin mutum mai tsarki mai aiki da Mu'ujiza a cikin Tarihi na farko. Addinin da ke kewaye da wannan adadi ya samo asali ne da wuri, kamar yadda mutane suka bayyana shi a cikin 'yan shekarun da suka gabata bayan mutuwarsa, kamar Basil na Kaisariya.

Shahadar

Babban labari na al'ada ya samo asali ne daga ƙarni na 4 zuwa 6, amma yana faruwa a shekara ta farko ko ta biyu na tsanantawar Diocletian. Labarin farko da aka sani game da shahadar Athenogenes shine cewa maza biyu na Kirista, mai suna Ariston (Anagnostes) da Severianos (psaltes), waɗanda suka fito daga wani karamin ƙauye kusa da Pedachtoë, Agricolaus (ko Agricola ko Agricolanus), gwamnan lardin Roman Armenia (kuma a bayyane yake mutum ɗaya da mai gabatar da kara a cikin labarin shahidai arba'in na Sebaste), don laifukan ƙonewa da rarraba litattafan Kirista masu sukar Tetrarchy.

Bayan Ariston ya ki yin hadin kai kuma an yanke masa hukuncin kisa ta hanyar konewa, Severianos ya bayyana a karkashin azabtarwa cewa Athenogenes shine marubucin libellus da suke yadawa, kuma mai gabatar da laifukansu. An kama Athenogenes da kansa kuma an kawo shi Sebastea, inda aka yi masa tambayoyi da Severianos kuma a ƙarshe aka yanke musu hukuncin kisa ta wuta.

Daga baya sassan labarin sun canza wasu bayanai kaɗan, misali ta hanyar watsar da halin Severianos gaba ɗaya. A cewar wasu hadisai, goma daga cikin almajiran Athenogenes sun yi shahada tare da shi.

Hagiography

Rubutun farko na rayuwarsa da muke da shi shine tarihin Anysius mai taken Passion of Athenogenes of Pedachthoe, kuma an adana shi a cikin rubutun karni na 10, Codex Sabaiticus 242, wanda a halin yanzu yana cikin tarin ɗakin karatu na Patriarchal a Urushalima. Masana sun tsara labarin a kusan karni na 6 AZ.[1] Wannan labarin an dauke shi da ban mamaki a tsakanin hagiographies saboda yana ba da abin da masana suka ce shine ainihin labarin shari'ar da aka yi wa Ariston, Severianos, da Athenogenes, kuma ana zaton wannan mai yiwuwa an gina shi ne daga wasu rubutun asali da aka ba da su maimakon halitta ta wallafe-wallafen.[1] Masana sun fara shari'arsa a ranar 12 ga Yuli, 303 AZ, tare da wasu amincewa, da kuma martydom dinsa kwana biyar bayan haka a ranar 17 ga Yuli, kodayake wasu sun yi imanin cewa waɗannan sun faru ne a shekara ta 304.[2][3][4]