![]() ![]() O Christ God, by their prayers, save our souls, since Thou art merciful. ![]() ![]() For since they possessed Thy strength, they cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons' strengthless presumption. 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. Together with your fellow sufferers you are praying unceasingly to Christ God for us all. You celebrated the mysteries blamelessly, O wise one, and became yourself an acceptable sacrifice, O divinely blessed one! You gloriously drank of the cup of Christ, Holy Akepsimas. Much afflicted hierarch Akepsimas, Joseph the presbyter and Aethalas the deacon, pray to Christ our God to grant us His great mercy. You were pillars of the Church, O servants of godliness, and you humbled the proud worshippers of fire. ![]() Having endured cruel imprisonment for three years, Acepsimus was beheaded, and his companions stoned to death. After King Shapur began his persecution of Christians in Persia, Acepsimus was siezed along with Joseph and Aeithalas. Bishop Acepsimus was well-known for spreading the Christian faith. ![]()
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