When the Jews stoned Saint Stephen, they left his body to the dogs. Thus the body of Christ's Protomartyr lay for two days and a night. Then Gamaliel, a secret disciple of Christ and teacher of the Apostle Paul, came and took the body of Archdeacon Stephen to his estate in Caphargamal, where he buried him in a cave. There he buried his friend Nicodemus, who died weeping over Stephen, and his baptized son Aviv; Gamaliel was also buried there. No one knew where the grave of Saint Stephen was. And then, in the year 415, Gamaliel appeared three times in a dream to the Caphargamal priest Lucian and told him where the four of them were buried. Then the relics of Saint Stephen were transferred to Zion, and later to Constantinople. Many healings have occurred from them.

Hieromartyr Stephen, Pope of Rome. Saint Blessed Basil the Fool. Assumption Fast.