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Holy Martyrs Macedonius, Tatian and Theodulus 9/25/2013
They suffered and died for Christ at the time of Julian the Apostate, at the place called Myropolis in Phrygia. They were brutally tortured for having dashed to pieces the statues of idols. They were stretched on red-hot gridirons until they gave up their souls to the Lord. While they were burned on the fire, these brave men mocked the torturer: "Will you not taste our meat to see whether it is baked?" And they also said, as the glorious deacon Leontius did: "Turn us around on the other side for this one is already baked!" Watching and listening to the martyrs on the fire, their torturer was much more frightened and confused that they were.
