42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of ...

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March 6 Reading These Martyrs, men of high rank in the Roman (Byzantine) army, were taken captive when the city of Amorion in Phrygia fell to the Moslem Arabs in 838, during the reign of Theophilus the Iconoclast. Among them were Aetius and Melissenus, the generals; Theodore, the chief of the imperial ceremonial bodyguard; Craterus, the eunuch; Callistus, Constantine, Bassoes, and Theophilius ...

42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia - antiochpatriarchate.org

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These Martyrs, men of high rank in the Roman (Byzantine) army, were taken captive when the city of Amorion in Phrygia fell to the Moslem Arabs in 838, during the reign of Theophilus the Iconoclast. Among them were Aetius and Melissenus, the generals; Theodore, the chief of the imperial ceremonial bodyguard; Craterus, the eunuch; Callistus, Constantine, Bassoes, and Theophilius, who were ...

42 Martyrs of Amorium - Wikipedia

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The 42 Martyrs of Amorium (Ancient Greek: οἰ ἅγιοι μβ′ μάρτυρες τοῦ Ἀμορίου) were a group of Byzantine senior officials taken prisoner by the Abbasid Caliphate in the Sack of Amorium in 838 and executed in 845, after they refused to convert to Islam. They are commemorated by the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church on March 6. Amorium is ...

Memory of Holy forty-two Martyrs of Amorium - The Orthodox Path

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Today, March 6, Saturday of the Souls, as it is called, the Church commemorates the miraculous event of the discovery of the Holy Cross by St. Helen. The Church also commemorates the holy 42 Martyrs of Amorium (in Phrygia). Passion-bearers Constantine, Aetius, Theophilus, Theodore were among those who were martyred. We also celebrate the memory of Saint Arcadius, who is listed by Leontios ...

42 Martyrs of Ammoria in Phrygia - Orthodox Church in America

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Home / The Orthodox Faith / Lives of the Saints / 42 Martyrs of Ammoria in Phrygia Commemorated on March 6 Troparion & Kontakion During a war between the Byzantine Emperor Theophilus (829-842) and the Saracens, the Saracens managed to besiege the city of Ammoria (in Galicia in Asia Minor).

42 Martyrs of Ammoria in Phrygia - Troparion & Kontakion

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42 Martyrs of Ammoria in Phrygia - Troparion & Kontakion Commemorated on March 6 Troparion — Tone 4 Your forty-two holy martyrs, O Lord, / through their sufferings have received incorruptible crowns from You, our God. / For having Your strength, they laid low their adversaries, / and shattered the powerless boldness of demons.

42 Martyrs of Amorium - OrthodoxWiki

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The Holy 42 Martyrs of Amorium [note 1] (†845) — Passion-bearers Constantine, Aetius, Theophilus, Theodore, Melissenus, Callistus, Basoes and 35 others with them — were prominent officers and notables of the Byzantine city of Amorium, one of Byzantium's largest and most important cities at the time, who were seized following the capture and systematic destruction of the city in 838 AD by ...

☦️ 42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia - stnicholastarpon.org

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Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 03/06/2025 Saints and Feasts: 42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia; Finding the Precious Cross by St. Helen; Hesychios the Wonderworker Strict Fast Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 2:11-21 The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the pride of men shall be humbled; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day. For the Lord of hosts has a day against all ...

Holy Forty-Two Martyrs of Amorium in Phrygia (+ 845)

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42 Holy Martyrs of Amorium in Phrygia (Feast Day - March 6) Verses Seven times six in number are reckoned together, As if in a line of battle and beheaded. On the sixth the heads of the forty-two were cut off together.

Commemoration of the 42 Holy Martyrs of Amorion

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March 6 Today we remember the 42 Holy Martyrs of Amorion, faithful Christian soldiers and leaders who sealed their confession of Christ with their blood in the year 845. Captured during the fall of the city of Amorion in Phrygia, they endured seven long years of imprisonment—years marked by pressure, persuasion, and promises meant to break their faith. Yet their hearts remained unshaken ...
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