Reading from the Synaxarion:
Saint Abercius, Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia in the times of Marcus
Aurelius, was adorned with the grace of wonderworking and with apostolic
zeal. During a festival in honour of Apollo, the chief deity of
Hierapolis, the holy bishop was instructed in a revelation to destroy the
idols. He went to the temple by night and overturned the statues of
Apollo and the others. When this was discovered, the Saint boldly cried
out that the gods, becoming drunk from the wine of the libations
offered them, had struck one against another in their confusion. A
multitude of furious pagans came to avenge the insult to their gods, but
when the Saint cast the demons out of three afflicted young men, fear
fell upon the idolaters and they with the whole city became Christian.
After many labours, and afflictions, Saint Abercius reposed in peace
about the year 167 (or, according to some, 186).
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
The truth of things hath revealed thee to thy flock as a rule of
faith, an icon of meekness, and a teacher of temperance; for this cause,
thou hast achieved the heights by humility, riches by poverty. O
Father and Hierarch Avercius, intercede with Christ God that our souls
be saved.
Kontakion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone
The Church of all the faithful doth acclaim thee, O Abercius, as a
great priest and a worthy companion of the twelve Apostles of the Lord.
By thy prayers, O blest Hierarch, keep the Church safe from every
vain-minded heresy, unconquered and unshaken for ever, O thou most wondrous
one.
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