August 19
Reading:
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 of Great Martyr Andrew Stratelates 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.
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