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During the reign of Maximian, about the year 289, Antiochus the Commander-in-Chief
of the Roman forces sent Andrew with many other soldiers against the
Persians, who had overrun the borders of the Roman dominion. Saint
Andrew persuaded his men to call upon the Name of Christ, and when
they had defeated the Persians with unexpected triumph, his soldiers
believed in Christ with him. Antiochus, learning of this, had them
brought before him. When they confessed Christ to be God, he had Andrew
spread out upon a bed of iron heated fiery hot, and had the hands of
his fellow soldiers nailed to blocks of wood. Antiochus then commanded
some thousand soldiers to chase the Saints beyond the borders of the
empire. Through the instructions of Saint Andrew, these soldiers also
believed in Christ. At the command of Antiochus, they were all beheaded
in the mountain passes of the Taurus mountains of Cilicia.
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.
Source: http://www.goarch.org
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