Holy Martyrs Macedonius, Tatian, and Theodulus

Life

They suffered for Christ the Lord in the time of Julian the Apostate, in the place of Merosi in Phrygia. For destroying the statue of an idol, they were fiercely tortured and roasted upon an iron gridiron until they surrendered their souls to God. While burning on the fire, these courageous men called out to their tormentor, mocking him: "Will you not taste of our meat, to see if it is well-roasted?" And further they said, as did the glorious Archdeacon Lawrence: "Turn us to the other side, for this one is done!" Watching and listening to the holy martyrs on the fire, the tormentor was more confused and terrified than they.