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The Martyr Agathonicus, because he converted pagans to Christ, was seized in
Nicomedia, violently beaten, haled about in bonds, and beheaded in
Selyvria, during the reign of Maximian, in the year 298.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone:
Thy Martyrs, O Lord, in their courageous contest for Thee received as the prize
the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God. For since
they possessed Thy strength, they cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed
the demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ God, by their prayers, save
our souls, since Thou art merciful.
Kontakion in the
First Tone:
O man of godly mind, as the namesake of goodness, thou utterly didst hate that
which wicked me worshipped; and no pains could frighten thee, O divine Agathonicus.
Wherefore, thou becamest a good heir of all good things, worthily receiving
with thy brave fellow athletes the crown incorruptible.
Source: http://www.goarch.org
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