These Martyrs were disciples of Saint Paul the Confessor (see Nov. 6).
Martyrius was a subdeacon, Marcian a chanter and reader. They were beheaded
by the Arians in the year 346. Miracles were wrought at their tomb,
and demons were cast out; Saint John Chrysostom began the building of
the church in their honour in Constantinople, and it was completed by
patriarch Sisinius.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
Thy Martyrs, O Lord, in their courageous contest for Thee received as
the prize the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal
God. For since they possessed Thy strength, they cast down the
tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons' strengthless presumption. O
Christ God, by their prayers, save our souls, since Thou art merciful.
Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
Ye struggled well even from earliest childhood, O wise Martyrius and
all-blessed Marcian, and kept unchanged the Faith held by the Orthodox; for
ye cast down Arius, the blaspheming apostate, as ye followed after
Paul, your divinely-wise teacher. Wherefore with him ye also have
found life, as God the Trinity's excellent champions.
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