Ss. Milles, Abrosimus and Sina

Milles left service at the Persian court after embracing the Christian faith. Butler describes his early work among the Christians near Susa and his subsequent consecration as bishop. Opposition and violence made his ministry difficult, and he eventually left the city.

The account follows his journeys to Jerusalem and Alexandria and his contact with other Christian pastors. A book of the Gospels accompanied him on his travels. Butler also recounts a dispute in which Milles appealed to the Gospel against the pride of a senior churchman. The detailed narrative contains episodes and chronology that this condensed reading does not attempt to establish independently.

During the persecution under Shapur II, Milles was arrested with Abrosimus, a priest, and Sina, a deacon. They endured imprisonment and scourging while refusing to sacrifice to the sun. The governor and his brother killed Milles with their swords; his two companions were then stoned. The reading preserves the bishop, priest and deacon together, as the source does, without confusing them with the other Persian martyrs commemorated during November.