Cyprian was born in Antioch for an honorable pagan family of high social standards. He was raised up on worshiping idols and practicing magic. He continued on this path for thirty years. Since he pitied the poor, God was merciful and pulled him out of the hem of infidelity.

  The young pagan Aghlaous had fallen in love with the young girl Justine. He wanted to marry her, but she refused and said she was engaged to Jesus Christ. So the young man resorted to the magician Cyprian, in order to attain his aim. So he started using all means of magic, but he failed, and the demons acknowledged their inabilities.

  Then Cyprian said: “How ignorant I am! If a young weak Christian girl wins over the devils by just praying and drawing the sign of the cross, so how mighty is the God of Christians?” At that moment he decided to worship the same God worshiped by Justine. So he requested from

Aphtimos the Bishop of Antioch to prepare him for acquiring the Sacrament of Baptism.  So he was baptized, after accepting the ultimate teachings of the Bible, and repented truthfully. King Diocletian gave an order when he came to Nicodemy to torture Cyprian and Justine and whip them brutally and cruelly. But God safeguarded them from any harm. So the king ordered their beheading. As a result they were both crowned by the grace of martyrdom in the year 304. Their relics were transported to Rome and were buried in the Church of Saint John Lateran. The Church celebrates their feast on the 2nd of October.