Forty Martyrs of Sebaste icon Mounted on wood Sizes:8 X 11

Forty Martyrs of Sebaste icon Mounted on wood Sizes:8 X 11Orthodox icon of the Forty Martyrs of the Sebaste Lake. Commemorated March 9th. This Orthodox icon according to Saint Basil, involves forty soldiers who had openly confessed themselves Christians who were condemned by the prefect to be exposed naked upon a frozen pond near Sebaste on a bitterly cold night, so that they might freeze to death. Among the confessors, one yielded and, leaving his companions, sought the warm baths near the lake which had

they discovered a crowd praying to the pagan gods

The 40 Holy Virgins and Saint Ammoun the Deacon

Deacon James and St Dionysius

also Epiphany) (3)

On the day of St Alexios death in 411

In the year 391 Valerian

Saints Martyrs Cyricus and Julitta they lived in the city of Iconium in the province of Lykaoneia in Asia Minor

During this time St Melania continued to humble her flesh by strict fasting

While Artemius was praying

Even pagans regarded these events as God's punishment for the unjust judgment against the saint

she ran away in fear to tell the close Apostles of Christ

He countenance was filled with light