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These Martyrs were twin brothers, and stonemasons. After the martyrdom of their
teachers Proclus and Maximus, they left Byzantium and came to the city
of Ulpiana in Illyricum, where a certain Licinius hired them to build
a temple for the idols. The wages he gave them, they distributed to
the poor, and when the temple was built, Florus and Laurus gathered
the paupers, and with their help put ropes about the necks of the idols,
pulled them to the ground, and furnished the temple as a church. When
Licinius learned of this, he had the paupers burned alive in a furnace.
Florus and Laurus were tormented, then cast into a deep well, where
they gave up their souls to the Lord. When their holy relics were recovered
years later, they poured forth myrrh and worked many miracles; they
were enshrined in Constantinople.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone:
Thy Martyrs, O Lord, in their courageous contest for Thee received as the prize
the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God. For since
they possessed Thy strength, they cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed
the demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ God, by their prayers, save
our souls, since Thou art merciful.
Source: http://www.goarch.org
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