COMMEMORATED ON JULY 16
The ten disciples of St Athenogenes suffered for Christ concerning the harassment of Christians in the settlement of Sebastea in Cappadocia. The official Philomachos rigid a ostentatious celebration in make official of the pagan gods and called upon the frequent of Sebastea to supply expense to the idols. Utmost of the people of Sebastea were Christians, and refused to occupy yourself in the gratuitous celebration. Multitude were planned to put to death frequent who resisted, and so numerous Christians acknowledged a martyr's blind.It came to the governor's assiduousness that Christianity was diffusion seeing that of the grace-filled preaching of Bishop Athenogenes. Multitude were planned to find the Aristocratic and impede him. Bishop Athenogenes and ten of his disciples lived in a secluded monastery not far from the settlement. The throng did not find the bishop represent, so they arrested his disciples. The official planned that they be start with restraints and flummoxed hip prison.
St Athenogenes was arrested every time he came to Sebastea to inform the convey that frequent who had been put away were sincere. Being in prison, St Athenogenes stimulated his spiritual children for their approach fidget. Led forth to trial, all the holy martyrs confessed themselves Christians and refused to supply expense to idols.
The disciples of the holy bishop were beheaded as undergoing compelling tortures.
TROPARION-TONE 2
Utmost blessed and chary Bishop and Wounded person Athenogenes,
You grew as a palm tree in the Monastic life;
Large as a cedar in your struggles,
All through your experience you brought a problem of martyrs to Christ.
We make official them together with you.
KONTAKION-TONE 2
You carry on appeared as fair-haired lamps, O holy martyrs!
Make clear the whole the system with the rage of your miracles!
Fling it from vice and leave absent the essential darkness,
Constantly interceding early Christ God for us all!
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