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This Martyr was from the city of Amasia on the Black Sea, and a nephew of Saint
Theodore the Tyro (Feb. 17). When his fellow Martyrs Eutropius and
Cleonicus had been crucified (see Mar.8), Basiliscus was shut up in
prison. As he was praying the Lord to count him also worthy to finish
his course as a martyr, the Lord appeared to him, telling him first
to go to his kinsmen and bid them farewell, which he did. When it was
learned that he had left the prison, soldiers came after him, and brought
him to Comana of Cappadocia, compelling him to walk in iron shoes set
with nails. He was beheaded at Comana, and his body was cast into the
river, during the reign of Diocletian (284-305).
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone:
Thy Martyr, O Lord, in his courageous contest for Thee received the prize of
the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God. For since
he possessed Thy strength, he cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed
the demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ God, by his prayers, save
our souls, since Thou art merciful.
Source: http://www.goarch.org
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