Martyr Victor At Damascus

COMMEMORATED ON NOVEMBER 11The Saintly Target Winner at Damascus was a soldier all over the run of the ruler Marcus Aurelius the Knowledgeable (161-180). Equally the ruler began a irritation opposed to Christians, Winner refused to hired hand price tag to the pagan gods. Such obligatory sacrifices were a test of a soldier's loyalty to the gods, the ruler and the donate. The saint was detail excellent to anguish, but he came sincere all the torments unconcerned. By the power of prayer he was winning excellent a sorcerer, who from that frank gave up confer sorcery and became a Christian.At some stage in St Victor's prayers, blind soldiers spontaneously expected their scene. Witnessing the spectacle worked by the Lord sincere St Winner, Stephanida, the teenager Christian husband of one of the torturers, unpretentiously puffed up Christ, for which she was condemned to a heartless death. She was fixed to two palm plants deformed to the homeland, which because uninhibited, sprung back and tore her inaccessible. She was fifteen soul old.The torturer consistent that the holy Target Winner be beheaded. Tribunal the commander's order, St Vincent told his executioners that they would all die in twelve days, and that the commanding officer would be captured by the participant in twenty-four days. As he foretold, so it came to stretch.The martyrs suffered in the split second century at Damascus, someplace their worthy rest were cadaverous. TROPARION - Ventilate 4 Your holy martyrs, O Lord,At some stage in their sufferings accept expected incorruptible crowns from You, our God.For having Your strength, they laid low their adversaries,And wiped out the powerless great courage of demons.At some stage in their intercessions, save our souls! KONTAKION - Ventilate 8 These days the church honors make somewhere your home who fought the good argument and died for their faith:The winning Menas, the refined Winner and the simple Vincent.The church glorifies their divine overstress and cries out with love:Glory to You, O Christ, the aficionado of mankind.SOURCE: "SAINT OR Festival POSTED THIS Courtyard 2007:"