The memory of the holy martyr Domitius
Saint Domitius lived during the reign of Constantine the Great, and his native land was Persia, where he was converted from paganism to Christianity by a certain Uaur. Leaving his relatives and his pagan-wicked homeland, Saint Domitius retreated to the borders of the Greek state, to the city of Nizibia [in Mesopotamia]. Entering a monastery here, he received holy baptism, and then dressed in a foreign form, impeccably going through the feat of the post-monastic life. But according to the hints of his envious and malicious temper, he was hated by the monks who lived in that monastery, so that Saint Domitius was forced to flee from there to the monasteries of the holy martyrs Sergius and Vaccarius, in Feodosio [on the eastern shore of the city where he lived].
When the saint learned that the archimandrite wanted to compel him to become a priest, he withdrew from there [With two disciples.] Separating himself on a desert mountain [Within the limits of Cyrrhos in Syria], St. Domitius lived his life here by God, enduring heat, frost and all changes of weather. Then, entering one veranda, he lived there already, performing many miracles in the name of Christ: many who came to him, he healed from diseases, bringing from idolatry to the faith of Christ.
He was appointed by Constantius to command the troops in Gaul, where he managed to attract the love of the troops, which in 361 proclaimed him emperor. Studying philosophy under the guidance of a pagan teacher, discord among Christians due to the Arian unrest, hatred of Constantius aroused in Julian and hatred of the religion of his oppressor <unk> Christianity. He set out to restore paganism and destroy Christianity.
They threw stones at them, and thus ended the course of their godly life, St. Domitius with two of his disciples [In 363, March 23]. Trooper, voice 4: Rebelliously pretending on the mountain, the clever enemy of the militia with all the weapons of the cross destroyed the easi all-blessedness. But to the suffering of the male, he clothed himself with the easi: and for both, he was married to Boaz, the arch-martyr, Domitius the fair-minded.
The fourth voice, the throbbing.
Tropar, voice 4: Fasting, he ascended the mountain, and the clever enemy of the militia, with all the weapons of the cross, destroyed her, and she was blessed; but she was made to suffer the suffering of the man; and for both of them she was crowned by Boaz, the pre-martyr, Domitian, a memorial.
Kondack, the sixth voice.
Kondac, verse 6: The great monk-teacher, who was a shadowy and seductive disciple, appeared to him, not afraid of the king's wrath, not desirous of honoring Christ the true God. He died for this reason, singing the song: God is with me, and no one else is here. ___________________________________________ 1 In Mesopotamia. 2 On the east bank of the Euphrates. 3 With two disciples. 4 Within the confines of Cyrus in Syria. 5 Julian the Apostate, a few nephews of Constantine the Great, son of his brother Julius Constantius, was born in 331 A.D. 345 along with his brother Gal was exiled to Capdaucia, where he was sent to Constantinople, where he spent 35 years under the supervision of the Roman emperor, and spent 365 years in exile in Constantinople, where he was appointed by the Holy See, and exiled by the Holy Roman emperor Nicholas III.
His study of philosophy under the guidance of a pagan teacher, the dissension among Christians due to the Arian riots, hatred of Constantius and hatred of the religion of his oppressor Christianity aroused in Julian. He set out to restore paganism and destroy Christianity.