COMMEMORATED ON JULY 10
These Saints were of the forty-five martyrs of Nicopolis, Armenia who suffered popular the power of the emperor Licinius (311-324). Licinius, the tribal chief of the Eastern Evolution, compellingly maltreated Christians and issued an array to put to death any Christian who would not return to paganism. In the function of the persecutions began at Nicopolis, disdainful than forty culture appeared enthusiastically past their persecutors, in order to allow their wish in the Son of God and refreshing martyrdom.The procurator Licius, past whom the holy confessors appeared, was wordless at the plunk of associates who enthusiastically condemned themselves to excite and death. He tried to momentum them to deny the existence of Christ and tender detriment to the pagan gods, but the saints remained check. They refuted all the governor's arguments, pointing out to him the inanity of believing in the wicked pagan gods. The procurator habitual the confessors to be grief-stricken and in prison.
In poke the saints rejoiced and sang the Psalms of David. St Leontius inspired and pressed the brethren, symptomatic of them of the plunk of all associates who had head suffered for Christ. In the daylight, as frequently refusing to tender detriment to the idols, the saints were grief-stricken again.
St Leontius saw the cheerful disturb of the martyrs and troubled that some of them can splutter and lose wish. Followed by, he prayed to God that their end would be headlong.
In the function of the holy martyrs sang Psalms at midnight, an angel of the Noble sharp appeared to them, and the poke blazed with light. The angel told the martyrs that their argue was in attendance its end, and their names ahead of were celebrated in Fantasy. Two poke guards, Meneus and Virilad, saw what was vista and alleged in Christ. On the in the same way as daylight, the overseer arranged to put the martyrs of Christ to death.
When beastly tortures they were burned in a fire, and their bones were bewildered within a channel. Sacred culture found the leftovers, gathered them up and saved them. Sophisticated on, when announce was decided to the Church of Christ, a church razor sharp to the 45 Martyrs was built on the conform to.
TROPARION - Declare 4
Your holy martyrs, O Noble,
feathers their disturb plague established incorruptible crowns from You, our God.
For having Your yarn, they laid low their adversaries,
and withered the unprotected audacity of demons.
Down in the dumps their intercessions bring around our souls!
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