According to the folk calendar - Fotya Povetenny

Every year on August 25, people celebrate Foti Povetenny Day In the Orthodox calendar, this date correlates with the names of Saints Photius and Anicetas Anicetas was a Christian and a high-ranking military man in Nicomedia He fearlessly appeared before Emperor Diocletian, who was cruelly persecuting Christians, and read him a sermon about his faith Then he ordered the fearless preacher’s tongue to be cut off, but the tongueless Anikita still continued to preach The emperor tried more than once to execute Aniceta for believing in Jesus But several times the execution was disrupted The lion, sent to tear Anikita to pieces, approached him and began to lick him The executioner, who raised his sword over the Christian's head, fell dead The fire with which they wanted to burn the martyr went out, and the wheel with which they wanted to wheel him stopped The hot tin into which Anikita was thrown instantly cooled down