Feast day · December 17

Sts. Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah

Sts. Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah

Sts. Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah were three young Jewish men who lived in Babylon during the 6th century BCE. Also known as Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, they refused to worship the Babylonian king's idols and were miraculously saved from a fiery furnace.

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