Sys Chaeremon & Ischyrion

In the third century, people who were Christians suffered terribly for the beliefs they had. Many were killed or lived in such terrible conditions that they ended up dying. Chaeremon was the bishop of a place called Nilopolis. When he was getting old, the persecution of Christians was getting verybad, and he and a friend went and hid in some nearby mountains. No one ever saw them again. Ischyrion lived in an Egyptian city, and the people he worked for wanted him to worship an idol. He refused because he knew that God commanded us not to do that; we are only supposed to worship Him. The person in charge of him was so mad that he refused to worship the idol, that he had Ischyrion killed. There were many others in Egypt and other places nearby who were killed because of their strong belief in Jesus, but they knew that even if they died here on earth, Jesus would be waiting to meet them in heaven.