Sebastian the Martyr & his Companions

Reading from the Synaxarion:

This Saint, who was from the city of Milan, was a member of the Senate
as well as a zealot for the Faith of Christ, and had converted many
to the knowledge of God. When Diocletian and Maximian began a
Persecution against the Christians, Saint Sebastian was arrested and pierced
with sharp arrows, and the bones of his body were shattered with
clubs; and being cut into pieces, he gave up his spirit to God in the
year 288. Together with him there were others also who died while
enduring various tortures. Their names are Marcellinus and Mark the
brethren, Tranquillinus their father, Nicostratus and his spouse Zoe,
Tiburtius, Claudius, Castulus, and Castor.

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
Since thou wast great in zeal for godly religion, thou didst assemble
an alliance of Martyrs, and in their midst, thou shonest like a
flashing star. With the arrows that did pierce thy much-suffering body,
thou didst slay the enemy, O Great Martyr Sebastian; and thou thyself
didst fly as from a bow into the Heavens, where Christ hath received
thy soul.