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Holy Martyr Julian of Tarsus A native of the city of Anazarb, after the death of his father he moved with his mother to Tarsus; During the persecution, being eighteen years old, he was captured as a Christian and presented to the ruler Marcian. Marcian, now with caresses and now with threats, forced St. Julian to sacrifice to idols, but the confessor did not reject Christ. For a whole year they took him to different cities of Cilicia and tortured him everywhere with various tortures, but they did not shake the sufferer of Christ. When they brought him to the seaside city of Egi, the idolaters forcibly put meat and wine sacrificed to idols into his mouth, and then they imprisoned him. His mother also came here, who followed him everywhere from afar and prayed to the Lord to strengthen her son. The pagans took her and presented her to the mayor. She asked to be allowed to visit her son in prison in order to persuade him to change his faith. The mayor allowed it. She, while in prison, with tears convinced her son to endure to the end for the name of Christ. Three days later they were introduced to the mayor. This one hoped that the mother had convinced her son to make a sacrifice to the gods; but she, together with Julian, confessed the name of Christ and reproached the wickedness of idolatry. Then the tormentor ordered to scourge her and, cutting off her heels at her feet, drive her away, and put Julian in a bag of sand and poisonous reptiles and throw her into the sea. Such was the death of Julian! And his mother died painfully (290 years old). Body of St. Julian, carried by the waves to land, was taken by a certain pious widow, brought to Alexandria and buried there, and after a while it was transferred to Antioch. Here is the memory of St. the martyr was pleased with the words of praise from St. John Chrysostom, then presbyter of Antioch. Venerable Julius the Presbyter and Julian the Deacon Siblings from Myrmidonia (Thessaly), who devoted themselves to the conversion of pagans, of whom there were still many in the Roman Empire of the 5th century, especially in the villages. They went to Constantinople (probably in 409) and asked Tsar Theodosius the Younger to give them his royal charter, so that they would be allowed to destroy churches everywhere without any restrictions, build churches and spread the glory of the name of Christ. The king deigned to grant their request, and the holy brothers traveled through many countries of the Greco-Roman state, preaching Christ to the pagans and converting many not only with words, but also with miracles. They went from east to west and built one hundred churches. They died in the vicinity of Mediolan, where their memory is reverently revered to this day. Holy torment Nikita Nirossky, who suffered in 1732 on the island of Chios Nikita was one of the sons of the elder of the island of Niros, who, having committed some abuses and fearing trial and deprivation of his fortune, adopted Islamism, which covered up many crimes in the eyes of the Turks. After their father, the Turks were not slow to turn on the children. The unfortunate mother, who did not want to part with her children, also converted to Islam... Having reached adolescence, Nikita accidentally learned about the circumstances that forced his parents to accept Islamism with their entire family; this made a strong impression on him; he was overcome by a deep melancholy for the lost faith of his forefathers; An irresistible desire arose in him to return to her, so he decided to secretly leave his parents to where Christians lived. He managed to safely reach the island of Chios, where in the new monastery he explained to the abbot who he was and why he had come here. After some time, sympathetically received by the monks, Nikita was proclaimed Christian teachings, anointed and left to live in the monastery at his request. Faith, meanwhile, acted in his heart with more and more force. Having learned about examples of atonement for apostasy from the faith - by confessing it, even at the cost of martyrdom, Nikita began to constantly think about sacrificing himself for Christ and prepared for this with an impeccable life in the monastery, so that when he finally revealed this cherished desire to the brethren, the oldest of the fathers with a general council allowed and blessed him for the feat of open confession of faith, undertaken freely, without any external promptings and with such persistence. Arriving with a guide in the town of Molos, Nikita, with extraordinary courage and conviction for his age, took advantage of the first opportunity to declare himself a Christian and assert that Christ is the true God, and Mohammed is a false prophet. For this he was thrown into prison with curses and insults. Here I sought reinforcement in fasting and prayer. When the Christians who were in prison advised him to strengthen himself with food, he answered: “I eat food that you do not have, and I rejoice in a joy that you cannot feel.” ... The young man suffered many tortures in prison and, taken out among the people, showed a new miracle of Christian indestructible patience. Finally, one Crimean fanatic “furiously rushed at the young martyr and began to chop off his head with his scimitar in order to increase the suffering of the Christian by the number of blows.” This is how confessor Nikita ended his life on June 21, 1732. His body was thrown into the sea. Soon, he who loved God even to death was glorified by the miracles performed for those who called on his name. (See “Christian Martyr” by Solovyov). St. Great Martyr the noble prince of Kartalin Luarsab 2nd and Archil 2nd, king of Iveron (about them, see “Full Life of St. Gruz. Ts.” by Sabinin and “Life of St.” by Muravyov - in the life of the holy martyr Queen Ketevani, September 13th).