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These Martyrs were disciples of Saint Paul the Confessor (see Nov. 6). Martyrius
was a subdeacon, Marcian a chanter and reader. They were beheaded by
the Arians in the year 346. Miracles were wrought at their tomb, and
demons were cast out; Saint John Chrysostom began the building of the
church in their honour in Constantinople, and it was completed by patriarch
Sisinius.
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 Fourth Tone:
Ye struggled well even from earliest childhood, O wise Martyrius and
all-blessed Marcian, and kept unchanged the Faith held by the Orthodox;
for ye cast down Arius, the blaspheming apostate, as ye followed
after Paul, your divinely-wise teacher. Wherefore with him ye also
have found life, as God the Trinity's excellent champions.
Source: http://www.goarch.org
Read lives of other Saints - https://www.truechristianity.info/en/saints_en.php
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