COMMEMORATED ON Honored 10
The Martyrs Archdeacon Laurence, Pope Sixtus, Deacons Felicissimus and Agapitus, the Soldier Romanus were ancestors of Rome, and suffered in the rendezvous 258 under the queen Valerian (253-259). Cherubic Pope Sixtus, untutored at Athens, customary a fine tutoring, preached in Spain and was completed bishop in Rome in arrears the martyr's death of Cherubic Pope Stephen (253-257, commemorated on Honored 2). These were era on one occasion a pope occupying the Roman throne, was comfortable to deem death for the depend on. In a run down period St Sixtus in addition was arrested and put in send down together with his deacons Felicissimus and Agapitus.For example the holy archdeacon Laurence visited Pope Sixtus, whom they alleged in send down, he cried out with tears: "Whither art thou gone, father? Why hast thou empty thine archdeacon, with whom always thou hast untaken the Bloodless Sacrifice? Meander thy son with thee, that I may be thy junior in having blood unwrap for Christ!" St Sixtus answered him: "I grip not empty thee, my son. I am old and go to an easy death, but yet high-class sufferings await thee. Advise, that in the rear three days upon our death thou shalt haunt in the rear me. And now go, position the church treasury and drawn-out it to the poor and disfavored Christians." St Laurence fervently did the bidding of the holy hierarch.
Having heard, that Pope Sixtus had been under enemy control to trial with the deacons, St Laurence went offering so as to documentation their doing, and he invented to the holy bishop: "Plus, I grip previously content thy tutoring, and distributed by hand thine treasury; leave me not!" Aural everything about swag, host put him under check out, and the other martyrs were beheaded (+6 Honored 258). The queen sheltered up St Laurence in send down and prearranged the record jailer Hyppolitus to slow up manage condescending him. In send down St Laurence with prayer healed the uncomfortable gathered together with him and he baptized lots.
Horror-struck by this, Hyppolitus himself rumored and in style Identification from St Laurence together with all his birthplace. Presently the archdeacon Laurence was once again brought to the queen and commanded to build the concealed swag. St Laurence answered: "Supply me a line of three days, and I shalt put on thee this swag". Popular this time the saint gathered up a circle of the poor and the uncomfortable, who ate solely because of the kindness of the Religious, and bringing them he explained: "In the vicinity of are the vessels in which is hidden the swag. And everyone, who puts their swag in these vessels, incentive obvious them in success in the Luscious Get".
While this they gave St Laurence condescending to warlike tortures, influence him to reverence idols. The victim was scourged (with a fine suave flutter with quickly needles), they burned his wounds with fire, and struck at him with metal switches. At the time of the martyr's suffering, the enemy Romanus swiftly cried out: "St Laurence, I position a brand new babyhood, who standeth about thee healing thy wounds. Plead thy Noble Christ not to leave me!" While this they extended St Laurence on a point of view and returned him to send down to Hyppolitus. Romanus brought offering a waterpot with water and besought the victim to family name him. And solely in the rear the Identification of the enemy, he was beheaded (+9 Honored). For example they took St Laurence to his back suffering, St Hyppolitus wanted to comprise himself a Christian and die together with him, but the confessor said: "Confuse for now thy reaction in thy end.
While some scale of time I shall summon thee, and thou shalt clutch and come unto me. Yowl not for me, but faster take pride, for I go to obvious a winning surpass of martyrdom." They positioned him in an suave handle, under which they set an blazing fire, and the flames of the fire flicked towards the person of the victim. St Laurence, glancing at the executive, said: "In the vicinity of now, you sear solely but one line of my person, turn condescending the other and do my whole person". Concluding, he uttered: "I thank Thee, Noble Jesus Christ, that Thou hast accounted me catalog to appear inwards Thy gates" -- and with these words he gave up the spirit.
St Hyppolitus took the person of the victim by night, he wrapped it in a bandage with ointments and gave it condescending to the priest Justin. Done the relics of the victim in the home of the widow Kyriake they completed an all-night vigil and Blissful Liturgy. All the Christians get on to partook of the Cherubic Mysteries and with trim they covert the person of the holy victim Archdeacon Laurence in a low spot on 10 Honored 258. St Hyppolitus and other Christians suffered three days in the rear the death of St Laurence (13 Honored), as he had foretold them of this.
TROPARION - Say-so 4
Elated victim of Christ our God,by the sign of the Teed off you gave manifestation to the blind;you distributed the wealth of the Religious to the poor;you were tried by fire and no evil was found in you.As you endured the burning,may your prayers demolish the flames of our lots sins,blessed Archdeacon Lawrence!
KONTAKION - Say-so 2
Your end burned with divine fireas the flames of the passions died within you.God-bearing victim Lawrence, the upright support of associates who wage war,you cried out in the midst of your contest:"Oblivion can segregate me from the love of Christ."
