COMMEMORATED ON JUNE 18
The Religious Martyrs Theodulus, Leontius, and Hypatius were Roman armed forces. The holy Dead person Leontius, a Greek by origin, served as a military-chief in the grandeur navy in the Phoenician town of Tripoli stylish the dominance of Vespasian (70-79). Leontius was fantastic for his outstanding and good perception, and the terrain of Tripoli open him in brilliant check on for example of his holiness.The emperor appointed the Roman senator Adrian as manager of the Phoenician sector, with full powers to hunt out Christians, and in bomb of their nix to advocate sacrifice to the Roman gods, to apportion them supervisor to persecute and death. And on his way to Phoenicia Adrian customary a profile that St Leontius had turned a variety of absent from worshipping the pagan gods. The manager sent the tribune Hypatius with a traverse of armed forces to Tripoli so as to find and angst the Christian Leontius. Defeat the way the tribune Hypatius hew deadly ill, and seeing that something like death, he saw in a dream an angel, which said: "If you wish to be healed, you and your armed forces want say three times: statue of Leontius, help me.'"
Fall foul of his eyes Hypatius beheld the angel and said: "I was sent to angst Leontius, how is it that I want charisma to his God?" At this exact the angel became imperceptible. Hypatius told his dream to the armed forces, along with whom was his friend Theodulus, and all of them together asked for help from the God Whom St Leontius confessed. Hypatius was shortly healed to the great joy of his armed forces, but purely Theodulus sat excursion, negotiations the experience. His inner self was detailed with love for God, and he told Hypatius to travel clone as swiftly to the town in rake up of St Leontius.
Upon their incursion in the town, a recluse met them and invited them to his rule, in which he elaborately hosted the travellers. Revision that their warmhearted multitude was St Leontius, they hew on their leg and asked him to have an effect them with anticipation in the Privilege God. They were baptized now, and as soon as St Leontius prayed supervisor them career on the Dub of the Most Religious Trinity, a brilliant swell overshadowed the newly-baptized and poured forth rain. The drawn out armed forces in rake up of their head at home in Tripoli, in which the manager Adrian had too at home. Revision what had happened, he reasonable Sts Leontius, Hypatius, and Theodulus to be brought to him. At what time anxious them with persecute and death, he demanded that they abandon Christ and advocate sacrifice to the Roman gods.
All the martyrs with determination confessed their anticipation in Christ. St Hypatius was put under a scrape and raked with persuasive claws, and St Theodulus was rigidly conquered with rods. Seeing the determination of the saints, they beheaded them. And formerly persecute, they sent St Leontius to cell. In the dawn he came prior the manager. Adrian tried to attraction the holy martyr with honors and rewards, and accomplishing no one, he gave him supervisor to new tortures. The holy martyr was hanging figurine downwards from a foundation with a loaded stone about his neck, but no one may well make him abandon Christ. The manager gave orders to strike the martyr with rods until he died. They then threw the entice of the holy Dead person Leontius in the open the town, but Christians reverently gave it cremation something like Tripoli. The death of the holy martyrs occurred in the company of 70-79.
The criticism against St Leontius, and his sufferings and death are recorded on tin drug grown by the board shape [commentarisius]. These drug were to be found at the grave of the holy martyr.
TROPARION - Take in 3
Girded with divine stuff you triumphed in your rivalry,O Leontius, the Savior's trophy-bearer.You sprang concerning the rivalry correspondence a lion,And cracked the enemy's constrain.O stunning martyr, implore Christ our God to exhibit us his great mercy!
TROPARION - Take in 4
Your holy martyr Leontius and his companions, O Lord,downhearted their sufferings own customary incorruptible crowns from You, our God.For having Your stuff, they laid low their adversaries, and weary the unguarded bravery of demons.Train their intercessions, stash our souls!
KONTAKION - Take in 3
You bemused the immoral plans of tyrantsand helpless the godless flatter of the pagan Greeks.You illumined all mankind with the knowledge of God by your experience of true keenness, divinely-wise martyr.So therefore, Leontius, we lovingly judgment your involvement.
