On October 2 (September 19 in the old calendar), the Orthodox Church commemorates the martyrs…

On October 2 (September 19 in the old calendar), the Orthodox Church commemorates the martyrs Trofim of Sinad and Zosima of Cilicia. This date marks the start of the folk beekeeper festival — the Bee Nine, lasting nine days.

Martyr Trofim lived in the 3rd century. During a pagan celebration in Antioch, he prayed for the enlightenment of drunken revelers, was arrested and tortured but did not renounce his faith. He was sent to a cruel torturer in Sinad who also failed to break him, and Trofim was executed.