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Remembering Hieromartyr Zenobios and His Sister Zenobia · Saints and Scripture

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Saints in Scripture Podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today is Friday, october thirtieth, twenty twenty six.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today we remember Hieromartyr Xenobios and his sister Xenobia from Aege in Cilicia.
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  SPEAKER_00: They lived in the third century and gave their lives for Christ during the persecution under Emperor Diocletian.
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  SPEAKER_00: Xenobios was raised in the Christian faith from childhood, along with his sister Xenobia.
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  SPEAKER_00: They lived pious and chaste lives, and when they grew older, they gave away their inherited wealth to the poor, avoiding love of money.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because of his holy life and kindness, Xenobios was given the gift of healing.
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  SPEAKER_00: He became the bishop of a Christian community in Cilicia and worked hard to spread the Christian faith among the pagans.
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  SPEAKER_00: When the persecution of Christians began, Xenobios was the first to be arrested.
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  SPEAKER_00: The governor Lecius told him he could live if he worshipped the gods of the empire, or die if he refused.
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  SPEAKER_00: Xenobios answered This present life without Christ is death.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is better that I prepare to endure the present torment for my creator, and then with him live eternally than to renounce him for the sake of the present life, and then be tormented eternally in Hades.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because of his faith, Xenobios was nailed to a cross and tortured.
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  SPEAKER_00: His sister Xenobia saw this and confessed her faith in Christ before the governor.
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  SPEAKER_00: She was also tortured.
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  SPEAKER_00: By God's power they survived, being placed on a red hot iron bed and even in a boiling kettle.
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  SPEAKER_00: Eventually both were beheaded for their faith.
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  SPEAKER_00: Their bodies were secretly buried together by the priest Hermogenes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Saint Xenobios is especially remembered by those suffering from breast cancer.
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  SPEAKER_00: We also honor Apostle Tertius of the seventy, who was the second bishop in Iconium and a martyr.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Apostle Paul mentions him in the Epistle to the Romans.
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  SPEAKER_00: Apostle Mark, also called John, was a nephew of Saint Barnabas and Bishop of Apollonia.
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  SPEAKER_00: His mother's house was a refuge for the disciples after Christ's ascension.
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  SPEAKER_00: Apostle Justus, also known as Barsaba and a son of Saint Joseph the Betrothed, was chosen to replace Judas and died a martyr in Eleutheropolis.
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  SPEAKER_00: Apostle Artemis was bishop of Lystra in Lysia and died peacefully.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hiero martyr Martian, Bishop of Syracuse, was a disciple of the Apostle Peter, who spread the faith in Sicily and died a martyr.
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  SPEAKER_00: His relics are in Gaeta, Italy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Finally, we remember Martyr Eutropia of Alexandria, who encouraged imprisoned Christians to endure suffering.
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  SPEAKER_00: She was arrested and tortured by being burned with candles, but a man appeared to soothe her pain.
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  SPEAKER_00: She died after these tortures.
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  SPEAKER_00: These saints remind us of the strength found in faith and the hope of eternal life.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let us pray.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lord, grant us the courage to stand firm in our faith like Saint Zenobios and Zenobia.
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  SPEAKER_00: Help us to trust in your love and mercy through all trials.
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  SPEAKER_00: May their example inspire us to live with generosity and devotion.
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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.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lord, help us to be strong in faith like the saints we remember today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Guide us to live with love and courage in all things.
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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.