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Holy Nine Martyrs, victims of Cyzicus Their names: Theognius, Rufus, Antipater, Theostichus, Artema, Magnus, Theodotus, Thamvasius and Philemon. Natives of different areas, they suffered in the city of Cyzicus for the spread of the faith and confession of Christ at the end of the 3rd century; after torture they were beheaded. A few years later, when Constantine the Great reigned, Christians dug the holy church out of the ground. their bodies and, finding them incorrupt, they placed them in an ark and brought them into the church dedicated to their name. Many miracles and healings were performed from the holy relics, so that even the infidels, seeing the grace of God, turned to faith. In 1687, a fever was raging in the city of Kazan, and Metropolitan Adrian, after prayer, vowed to build a monastery in honor of the Kizi martyrs if the illness stopped. He fulfilled his vow, already being the Patriarch of Moscow (1690), and made an effort to acquire particles of the relics of St. from Cyzicus. martyrs, which he brought as a gift to the monastery. – The Service to the Saints was written in 1694 by St. Dimitry Rostovsky. † Memory of Saint Basil, Metropolitan of Zakholmsky A recent synaxarion reports the following news about Saint Basil 379. According to legend, Saint Basil was born in the Popova volost, in Herzegovina; His parents were pious people, but suffered from Turkish power. Even at a young age, he loved to visit the church of God. When he reached adulthood, he left his parents’ house, retired to the Trebinsk monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God and here he became a monk. This monastery, alas! long ago destroyed by the wicked Turks. The Lord, seeing Vasily’s pure life, elevated him to a high degree of bishop, after he had passed through the lower ministries; Vasily was a shepherd for the Orthodox Zakholmiya and Skenderiya. In this service he multiplied his labors and exploits for the benefit of the Orthodox Church. Who can retell His solitary praises, prayers, sighs and tears? The saint diligently visited the faithful of his flock and with instructions encouraged them not to be lazy in following the paths of salvation. The Lord supported his word with various miracles, so that Vasily was the subject of general surprise, and for his suffering flock he was a consolation. Let the detractors of Orthodoxy know that the Lord sends His saints to us, He also reveals martyrs, as strong as the martyrs of the pagan times of Rome were ... St. Basil was patient in dealing with his enemies, meek and kind in dealing with those who offended him, merciful towards the poor, kind and courageous when it was necessary to protect his flock from wolves. To refresh his soul with ascetic wisdom, he traveled to Athos; The Lord returned the shepherd to his flock, so that even after death he would protect Orthodoxy, which he served in earthly life. Resting in Ostrog, the newly-minted Vasily bestows healing on those who come to the shrine of his relics. Just as in life he was merciful to the weak in body and soul, so in death he helps not only the faithful, but also the simple-minded Mohammedans. Such is the news of the synaxarion about St. Vasily. They do not show the year of his blessed death. One can only guess about it. since it is said that St. Vasily pursued monastic asceticism in the Trebinsk Dormition Monastery; and it is known that this monastery was destroyed in 1695 380, which means that he lived as a monk before 1690; since he was born at a time when Herzegovina was already suffering under Turkish rule, it is clear that he lived long after the times of Serbian independence and the rule of the Nemanjić. Ostrog is now part of the district of Montenegro, located on its border with Herzegovina. During the service they sing St. Vasily: “Rejoice, guardian of Zakholmia and Skenderia, Black Mountains and Primoria, invincible pillar and chairman... Like a teacher of Zakholmia and Montenegro, instructing your flock.” – Based on these data, it should be assumed that St. Vasily was the Montenegrin Metropolitan Vasily who lived in the second half of the 16th century. being the successor in the see of Paul and the predecessor of Nicodemus 381. We cannot help but add here a few words about the Trebinsk Mother of God Monastery, where St. Vasily. Trebinje is a place where Christianity flourished, according to local legend, from the 4th century; Since the time of the Nemanjić, in the Trebinsk Mother of God Monastery there has been a department of metropolitans. The entry, very ancient in language, says: “1270 - the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is in Trebinu, was renewed; It was first erected from the foundation by the pious Tsar Constantine with the material Helena, and that many days later it fell into disrepair. – This church was renovated by the pious and hardworking King Stefan, who is Milutin, great-grandson of Nemana Stefan, the myrrh-streaming Simeon, the all-sanctified Metropolitan of Cyprus. Vasily to Abbot Vasily" 382. Synaxarion in Serblyak 1861 Zap. geogr. total XIII, 658. Popova travel to Montenegro, p. 75. St. Petersburg. 1847 Zap. geogr. total XIII, 660. Here, pp. 662. 663: “Metropolitan of the monastery of Trebinj”, numbering 25. Porphyrogenitus’ explanation of Tervuniya’s word is incorrect, but Safarik’s explanation also does not agree with the locality (Drevi. III, 445. 446). Trebi is not a demand, there is no pagan sacrifice, whereas before Trebinje was the place of a treasury, a pagan sacrifice.