Martyrs Eustratios, Auxentios, Eugene, Mardarius and Orestes at Sebaste

Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius and Orestes suffered in Lesser Armenia under Diocletian, early in the 4th century. According to their Life, Eustratius was a high official in the town of Arauraca; when Christians were brought before the governor Lysias, he declared himself one of them. Auxentius was a priest, Mardarius a townsman who followed them, and Eugene and Orestes were soldiers.

They were tortured at Arauraca and then taken to Sebaste, where Eustratius was thrown into a furnace and Orestes was laid on a red-hot iron bed. Their relics were later carried to Rome. A prayer attributed to Eustratius before his death is still read at the Saturday Midnight Office.