Martyr
The Holy Nine Martyrs
August 1 Old CalendarAugust 14 New Calendar
Life
Their names were: Leontius, Attius, Alexander, Cindeus, Mnesitheus, Cyriacus, Menaeus, Catuna, and Eucleus. The first was a carpenter and the rest were farmers. Because of their bold confession of the Faith of Christ and because of their destruction of the temple of Artemis, they were cruelly tortured and beheaded in the time of Diocletian in Perge of Pamphylia, and became heirs of the Kingdom of Christ.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, August 1. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on August 1
The full reading for August 1 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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