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30 August 2026, Sunday
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Lives and liturgical texts
The Passion of the Holy Martyr Patroclus
In the reign of Aurelian, Christians were violently persecuted in Gaul and elsewhere. At this time in the city of Tricassin lived an honest man named Patroclus; he lived on the outskirts of the city in the house he had acquired after the death of his parents; he was rich and had many possessions.
The life of our reverend Father Alipius of the Caves
Our reverend Father Alipius of Caesarea appeared to be an imitator of St. Luke the Evangelist [St. Luke <unk> Apostle of the 70s, writer of the third Gospel and the book of Acts of the Apostles, companion and collaborator of St. Paul the Apostle. St. Luke was originally from Antioch of Syria; he was a physician, as the Apostle Paul tells us in his letter to the Colossians (4:14) and a painter, according to the testimony of Philostrogus and Nicéphore Callistus.
The suffering of the holy martyrs Straton, Philip, Eutychian and Cyprian
These holy martyrs, being men of nobility, passed by Nicomedia [the capital of the eastern part of the ancient Roman Empire, the residence of Emperor Diocletian, a famous city in the Roman province of Bithynia, located in the northwestern part of Asia Minor.] and, visiting the popular theaters, they taught the people who had gathered there, persuading them to leave the worship of idols and to turn to faith in Christ.
The memory of the holy martyr Myron
Saint Myron was a presbyter in Achaia during the reign of the wicked king Decius, and the egemon of that country was Antipater. The saint was of noble and wealthy stock; he was of a very meek disposition; in his heart he always cherished a warm love for God and men and led a godly life.
The condac, voiced four.
Kondac, voice 4: From a young age, Christ loved the glory, and He kept the divine commandments, to which he attached himself wholeheartedly, Mirone, and prayed earnestly to the angels.
On the same day, the memory of the holy martyrs: Firsa, Levkias and their companions, who suffered at the time of Emperor Deccassian (249-251 CE) in Caesarea of Viffin; their memory is celebrated on the fourteenth day of December (under this number, the story of their suffering can also be read).