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Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius, and Saints Remembered on October 25 · Saints and Scripture

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Saints in Scripture Podcasts.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today is Sunday, october twenty fifth, twenty twenty six.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today we remember several saints, including Martyrs Martian and Martius, who served in Constantinople as well as venerable Martirius the Deacon of the Kiev Caves, Martyr Anastasius the Fuller from Dalmatia, and Saint Tabitha the Widow, raised from the dead by the Apostle Peter.
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  SPEAKER_00: Martyrs Marcion and Martius were notaries or secretaries for Patriarch Paul the Confessor in Constantinople.
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  SPEAKER_00: Martian was a reader, and Marterius was a subdeacon.
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  SPEAKER_00: When the Aryan heretics expelled and secretly executed Patriarch Paul, they placed the heretic Macedonius in his position.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Aryans tried to win over Martian and Martius by offering them gold and the promise of becoming archbishops.
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  SPEAKER_00: But the saints refused to abandon the true faith.
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  SPEAKER_00: The heretics then threatened to slander them before the emperor and tried to frighten them with torture and death.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yet Martian and Martius stood firm in their confession of orthodoxy, as taught by the Church Fathers.
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  SPEAKER_00: They were sentenced to death.
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  SPEAKER_00: Before they died they prayed, asking God to accept their souls peacefully, since they were dying for him and were like sheep being led to slaughter.
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  SPEAKER_00: They rejoiced that through their death for God's name they would share in eternal life.
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  SPEAKER_00: With quiet joy they bowed their necks and were killed by the sword around the year three hundred thirty five.
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  SPEAKER_00: Their bodies were buried by faithful Christians.
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  SPEAKER_00: Later Saint John Chrysostom ordered that their relics be moved to a church built in their honor.
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  SPEAKER_00: Many people were healed through the prayers of these saints, glorifying the Holy Trinity.
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  SPEAKER_00: We also remember venerable Martyrius the Deacon, a recluse of the Kiev Caves.
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  SPEAKER_00: He is praised for his love of hard work, justice, purity, and his gift of healing and casting out demons.
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  SPEAKER_00: His memory is celebrated on this day and also on august twenty eighth, and the second Sunday of Great Lent.
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  SPEAKER_00: Martyr Anastasius the Fuller lived in Salona, Dalmatia during the third century.
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  SPEAKER_00: He was arrested for his missionary work and boldly confessed Christ as the true God.
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  SPEAKER_00: During the persecution of Diocletian he even painted a cross on his door.
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  SPEAKER_00: Anastasius was sentenced to death.
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  SPEAKER_00: The pagans tied a stone around his neck and threw him into the sea.
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  SPEAKER_00: A Christian woman named Ascalopia found his body and buried him in her estate church.
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  SPEAKER_00: His relics became known for many miracles.
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  SPEAKER_00: He is also commemorated on December 5th.
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  SPEAKER_00: Finally, we remember Saint Tabitha the widow, who was raised from the dead by the Apostle Peter.
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  SPEAKER_00: She was a kind woman in the Christian community of Joppa, known for sewing clothes.
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  SPEAKER_00: When she suddenly died, messengers sent for Peter, who was nearby preaching.
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  SPEAKER_00: Upon arriving, Peter prayed and then called to her, Tabitha, get up.
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  SPEAKER_00: She rose, fully healed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Saint Tabitha is considered the patron saint of tailors and seamstresses because of her work making garments.
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  SPEAKER_00: May the example of these saints strengthen our faith and encourage us to remain steadfast in our love for God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lord help us to stand firm in our faith like the martyrs Martian and Martirius.
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  SPEAKER_00: Grant us peace and courage in times of trial.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.