The Orthodox Church today honors St. Saint Eleutherius, who came from a noble Roman family. He received a Christian upbringing. When he was 20 years old, St. Eleutherius was proclaimed bishop. The holy father contributed a lot to the strengthening of the Christian faith with his wise sermons and dedicated service to God and his congregation. At 20 he was raised to the rank of bishop of Illyria and soon showed himself at the height of his title with the sanctity of his life and by actively spreading and strengthening Christianity among his congregation.
The rumor of his successful activity in favor of persecuted Christianity reached Rome. Emperor Hadrian summoned him and after many tortures ordered that this confessor of Christ be beheaded. Struck by the miracles that took place during the torture of Eleutherius, who was not touched by the beasts unleashed against him and who remained unharmed in the fire, the prefect Coryvon himself turned to Christ and accepted martyrdom together with Eleutherius.
Eleutherius' mother, Antia, who came to kiss her dead son, also suffered. She was also beheaded. The two torturers of Eleutherius, who believed in Christ during the torture, were also cut with a sword.
The relics of the priest-martyr Eleutherius are now in Rome, in the church of "St. martyr Susanna".
On this day everyone with the names Svoboda, Eleuther, Eleutheria, Stamat and Stamo celebrate. Stamata from Greek means “to stop, to cease”. It has the same meaning as the name Stopped.