Abdisho a member of the Church of the East, was a deacon

Deacon

Deacon is a ministry in the Christian Church that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions...

 and martyr

Martyr

A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...

 of the Christian church

Christian Church

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He was imprisoned with Bishop Heliodorus of Bet Zabdai

Heliodorus of Bet Zabdai

Heliodorus of Bet Zabdai was a bishop of Bet Zabdai in Mesopotamia and a martyr. He was an ethnic Assyrian.He was taken to Persia as a prisoner of war by Shapur II. He died as a result of ill treatment and fatigue at Daskarata on the Great Zab, in 344. He is commemorated with a feast day of August...

 in Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is a toponym for the area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system, largely corresponding to modern-day Iraq, northeastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and southwestern Iran.Widely considered to be the cradle of civilization, Bronze Age Mesopotamia included Sumer and the...

 by order of Shapur II

Shapur II

Shapur II the Great was the ninth King of the Persian Sassanid Empire from 309 to 379 and son of Hormizd II. During his long reign, the Sassanid Empire saw its first golden era since the reign of Shapur I...

. Following the deaths of bishop Dausa

Dausa (bishop)

Dausa was a bishop and martyr of the Christian church.He was a priest at Bet Zabdai in Mesopotamia. In 344, he was taken to Persia with his bishop Heliodorus of Bet Zabdai at the order of Shapur II. As Heliodorus lay dying at Daskarata, he consecrated Dausa to be his successor bishop...

 and 275 companions at Masabadan, Abdisho, who survived, continued to preach the gospel and bury the martyrs. He was finally ordered killed by the mayor of the village about 345.

See also

Abda and Abdjesus

Abda and Abdjesus

Abda and Abdjesus were two Christian bishops who were martyred at Kashkar under Shapur II on May 16, in either 366 AD or 375 AD. They were first placed between heavy boards to crush their bones, and later beheaded....