Martyrius of Constantinople

Holy Martyr Martyrius of Constantinople was a subdeacon of the cathedral of Constantinople and a notary of Patriarch Paul the Confessor, and suffered around the year 355 together with the reader Marcian. The Azbyka page tells their story together.

After the Arian heretics drove out and secretly killed Patriarch Paul, his throne was given to the heretic Macedonius. The Arians tried to win Marcian and Martyrius by flattery, gold and the promise of bishops' sees, then by threats of denouncing them to the emperor, of torments and of death. But the two stood firm in the Orthodoxy received from the Fathers and were sentenced to death. Before the end they prayed the Lord to receive their souls in peace, because they were dying for Him, rejoicing that they thus left this life for His Name, and to make them sharers of eternal life. After the prayer they bowed their heads under the sword with quiet joy. Orthodox Christians buried their bodies with honour, and later, by the arrangement of Saint John Chrysostom, the relics were moved to a church built especially, where many of the faithful were healed of diseases through their prayers.

They are commemorated on 7 November, in the new style.