The memory of the martyrs Aristokles, Demetrius and Athanasius

In the days of King Maximian [Maximilian Galerius ruled from 305 to 311], when great persecution broke out against the Christians, Saint Aristocles withdrew into the desert, where he hid himself in a mountain cave: here during his prayer he was once enveloped by a light exceeding that of the sun, and a voice from heaven was heard, commanding him to go to the Salamannian metropolis, which is on the island of Cyprus, and there to undertake a martyrdom for confessing the name of Christ.

When they reached the city of Salamis, they stood on a high place, in full view of all, and began to preach with a loud voice about Jesus Christ, glorifying Him, and blaspheming the heathen gods, the callous idols; the heathen immediately seized the preachers and presented them to the governor for questioning. The latter, learning that they were Christians, and seeing their unshakable preeminence of the holy faith, ordered Aristoteles to sit on a sword; but after he had suffered many martyrdoms, he was seated on a sword and condemned by the governor.

This is how the martyrs of Christ died, decorated with a martyr's crown.