July 12, 2019

Holy Martyrs Andrew the General, Heraclius, Faustus, Menas, and Those With Them


Verses

For July 12th

As a celestial bloody chariot of four horses,
The four Martyrs were found to be as they set off for war.

For August 31

God sees the four chariot riders,
Causing Satan to fall, and striking down the invisible executioner.

Today we commemorate the Holy Martyrs Andrew the General, Heraclius, Faustus, Menas, and those with them. We do not know any details about them, not even the details about their martyrdoms. They are commemorated on both July 12th and August 31st. It is probably not the same Saint Andrew the General commemorated on August 19th.