From the Synaxarion, on March 9th in the Orthodox Church we commemorate the Holy Forty Martyrs of the Sebaste.
Among the lives of the saints, the story of the Holy Forty Martyrs is one of the most poignant. The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste are: Cyrion (or Quirio), Candidus, Domnus, Hesychius, Heraclius, Smaragdus, Eunoicus, Valens, Vivianus, Claudius, Priscus, Theodulus, Eutychius, John, Xanthias, Helianus, Sisinius, Angus, Aetius, Flavius, Acacius, Ecdicius, Lysimachus, Alexander, Elias, Gorgonius, Theophilus, Dometian, Gaius, Leontius, Athanasius, Cyril, Sacerdon, Nicholas, Valerius, Philoctimon, Severian, Chudion, Aglaius,and Meliton.
