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The Holy Martyrs Akindinus, Pigasius, Afphonius, Elpidiphoros, Anempodistus and others with them They suffered during the persecution launched by the Persian king Sapor in the middle of the 4th century against Christians who were his subjects, whom he suspected of secret relations with their co-religionists, his political enemies, and therefore mercilessly persecuted them. In 345, in addition to the above-mentioned martyrs, up to 7,000 people died who again believed in Jesus Christ, because they witnessed the patience and steadfastness in torment for the name of Christ of the saints Akindinus, Pigasius and Anempodistus, who served at the court of the king and were handed over to torture for the faith on the denunciation of envious people. The suffering of these martyrs was also amazing due to the miraculous phenomena that accompanied them; so eg in ancient acts recorded by an eyewitness, it is conveyed: and when the martyrs prayed, a great multitude of angels appeared, whose beauty cast us down, looking - to the ground; when we lay defeated for a long time, the saints stood in prayer; and when we stood up and began to look, we heard the voices of countless armies of heaven.”... 1 The trials of Akindinus, Pigasius and Anempodistus were varied, from whom Sapor, as those who served at his court, especially demanded submission to his will and could not forgive them for their resistance. One of their tormentors, Afphonius, amazed by their patience and miracles, indignantly throwing away the instrument of execution, began to openly confess the Christian God and denounce the king of injustice and cruelty. For this he was beheaded and joyfully accepted martyrdom, guided by the prayers and blessings of the upcoming martyrs, who were burned after him. Elpidiphoros, a courtier and nobleman, was also beheaded with a sword, also outraged by the spectacle of the martyrdom of Christians and daring to blame the king for the inhuman persecution of innocent people. Among the 7,000 people sentenced to death who believed in Christ, Sapora’s mother, Savfiya, who had until now secretly professed the Christian faith, was not spared. † Memory of St. Victorina, Bishop and Martyr of Patavia Patava, seat of the pulpit of St. Victorina was located on the Drina River, on the very border of Pannonia with Norica, among the Slavic settlements. So now Pettau is in Styria, the country of the Slavs 2. Blessed Jerome wrote: “Victorinus, Bishop of Petavi, did not know Latin as well as Greek. Therefore, his works, important in thoughts, do not seem rich in the structure of words (viliora). His works are as follows: commentaries on Genesis, on Exodus, on Leviticus, on Isaiah, on Ezekiel, on Habakkuk, on Ecclesiastes, on the Song of Songs, on the Apocalypse of John, against all heresies, and much more. Finally he was crowned with martyrdom" 3. In another case, blessed. Jerome, delivering St. Victorinus, among the “pillars of the Church,” says: “the martyr Victorinus approves of his simplicity because he does not think evil against anyone; he can say with the Apostle: although I am not skilled in speech, I am not skilled in knowledge” 5 . The martyrdom of St. The saint followed Diocletian's persecution and probably in 303 6. If, according to Jerome, Victorinus knew better Greek than Latin, this means that he was not a natural Latin; and that he was not a Greek is shown by his name. In the passage from his interpretation, as in the comments on the Apocalypse, not only does the purity of the Latin language lack, but there are also grammatical irregularities. So, the very writings say that St. Victorinus was not a Latin, but a native of the Slavic country and a natural Slav. According to his thoughts, Victorinus’s writings are important, said Jerome. Let us listen to his surviving thoughts on the structure of the world 7; it will also introduce you to some local Christian customs of that time. “Reflecting on the structure of the world where we live, I dwell on the speed of its structure, shown by Moses in his book of Genesis. God built this entire mass in six days, decorating it with signs of His greatness, and sanctified the seventh day with the blessing of peace. Since, according to this news, earthly and heavenly things are governed by the sevenfold number of days, then by this sevenfold number I will measure the ratio of all weeks and will try, as much as I can, to explain the activity of the Divine power.” “In the beginning God created light and divided it into twelve hours of day and night; this is so that the day, full of human labor, is replaced by the peace of the night and then there is day again; Thus, work should be eased by the peace of the night - and peace should be tempered by the activity of the day. On the fourth day he created two luminaries in the sky, large and small, so that one would serve during the day and the other at night; he placed the sun and the moon and other stars in the sky so that they would shine on the earth and separate times, years, months, days and hours by stations. “The question is, why on this day, called the fourth, should we fast until the ninth hour or until the evening, or even continue fasting until the next day?... The man Christ Jesus, He who is the author of everything, was taken by the wicked on the fourth day (Wednesday) 8 . For the sake of this captivity and for the greatness of His deeds for the time that is so saving for people, so fruitful and beneficial, we perform an intensification of fasting. “On the fifth day, earth and water exhibited their offspring. On the sixth day that which was still lacking was created; God created man from the earth, the ruler of the creatures that live on earth and in water. Moreover, first he created angels and archangels, then man, giving priority to the spiritual over the earthly. First the light was created, then the earth. The sixth day is called paraskevi, the preparation of the earth for the kingdom. Damage was introduced by Adam, whom He created in His image and likeness. Other works were accomplished before He created the angels and formed man, so that they would not be thought to be helpers. – On this day, for the sake of the suffering of our Lord Jesus Christ, we stand before God or fast. “On the seventh day God rested from all His works and blessed and sanctified him. On this day we are in the habit of postponing (eating food) in order to approach the bread with thanksgiving on the Lord’s Day. A set aside (of food) is appointed on the heels so that it does not seem as if we celebrate the Sabbath with the Jews 9: The Lord of the Sabbath Himself says through His prophets that His soul hates the Sabbath (Hos. 6:3), and He destroyed the Sabbath in His flesh, and even before that He commanded Moses that circumcision should not pass on the eighth day, when it would be on the Sabbath... And Joshua, the successor of Moses, also broke the Sabbath, - for On the Sabbath day he commanded the children of Israel to go around the walls of Jericho with the sound of trumpets and declare war on the foreigners. Mattathias, the leader of the Jews, also violated the peace of the Sabbath, for on the Sabbath he killed the military commander Antiochus, king of Syria. And David and his comrades violated the Sabbath, as we read in Matthew XII, 3 (Matthew 12:3). This is how the true and righteous Sabbath should be in the seventh millennium. The Lord appointed for those seven days a thousand years each.” Having then presented examples of the important meaning of the septenary number, he continues: “The author of all creation is Jesus the righteous. It is called the Word... This Word, when it created light, is called Wisdom; when - heaven, - by Reason, when earth and sea, - by Council; when it formed man - by Piety... Whoever, taught the law of God, full of the Holy Spirit, is not amazed in his soul that the angel Gabriel preached the gospel to the Virgin Mary on that very day on which the serpent deceived Eve - on the same Holy Spirit overshadowed the Virgin Mary, on which light was created; Did He live in the flesh in the same days in which earth and water were created?.. Before the Jews He proved His humanity when He hungered, thirsted, took food and drink, when he walked and walked away, when he slept, when he walked with his feet on stormy water and commanded the winds, healed the sick, straightened the lame, restored sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf.” “Monthly. East." archim. Sergius, vol. II, part 2, p. 348. Martyrology of Adon on November 2: “the birth of St. Victorinus, Bishop of Petavion, who was crowned with martyrdom during the persecution of Diocletian.” According to Jerome (Ep. 45 ad. Paylin.) “Victorinus was crowned with glorious (inclyto) martyrdom.” But his acts of martyrdom have not reached us. Weiss Leben d. Heiligen. 16, 79, 80. It is ed. y Ruta: Reliquiæ sacræ, vol. III. Oxonii 1815 p. 235–241. The Latin text was badly damaged by ignorant scribes. With new amendments from. from Holland: bibl. Patr. t. 4. Here are also Victorin’s remarks on the Apocalypse. Regulation Apostle 7, 23. “You fast either for five days, or on Wednesday and Friday; because on Wednesday the condemnation of the Lord followed, when Judas promised to sell Him for money; and on Friday the Lord suffered on the cross under Pontius Pilate.” Fast. Apostle 5, 14. On the fourth day (Wednesday) they decided to lift Him to the cross. Judas also knew this... Judas left and said to the priests: what do you want to give me? I will betray Him to you." This is what St. says about Wednesday. Gospel Matthew 26:3, 15. In the thoughts of the Sanhedrin and Judas, Jesus had already been taken captive on Wednesday; but the fulfillment of the terrible thought took place on Thursday, after the mystical supper. Parasceve superpositio flat. Superponere, superpositio are technical words meaning food deposits. According to the thoughts of St. Quiz, fasting heel – fasting for the sake of the Lord’s suffering; the addition of abstinence on the Sabbath day was allowed, in fact, as a preparation for communion with St. Mysteries performed on Sunday. Subsequently, the Sabbath fast was established in the West, although they no longer communed with St. Tain on Sunday.