Today the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates the memorial day of the holy witness Demetrius and priest Basilisk.
Saint Demetrius was born in Persia and lived during the time of Emperor Constantine the Great. After believing in God, he retired to the Mezhdurechye monastery, and then to the Phaodosiopolis monastery, where he was ordained a deacon. The saint did not agree to be ordained a priest, and considers himself unworthy of this rank. He retreated to an abandoned cave near the Euphrates River.
Emperor Julian the Apostate, during the war with the Persians, with his army passed by the cave of Saint Demetrius. When he saw people gathering at the entrance to the cave expecting to receive a cure, the emperor ordered to block the entrance to the cave where the saint was with two disciples. The holy remains of the martyrs were then taken out of the cave and buried.
The holy priest Basilisk was murdered in 362 by order of the Emperor Julian the Apostate. The basilisk condemned the emperor for denying Christ. The emperor ordered to tear off a piece of the dead man's skin every day. After brutal torture, the torn body of the holy old man was stabbed to death with a hot iron.
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