![]() On the seventh day God completed the work he had been doing he rested on the seventh day from all the work he had undertaken. Thus the heavens and the earth and all their array were completed. Evening came, and morning followed– the sixth day. God looked at everything he had made, and found it very good. ![]() God also said: See, I give you every seed-bearing plant on all the earth and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit on it to be your food and to all the wild animals, all the birds of the air, and all the living creatures that crawl on the earth, I give all the green plants for food. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that crawl on the earth. God blessed them and God said to them: Be fertile and multiply fill the earth and subdue it. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the tame animals, all the wild animals, and all the creatures that crawl on the earth. Then God said: Let us make human beings in our image, after our likeness. And so it happened: God made every kind if wild animal, every kind of tame animal, and every kind of thing that crawls on the ground. Then God said: let the earth bring forth every kind of living creature: tame animals, crawling things, and every kind of wild animal. Therefore, pray for the salvation of our souls. ![]() You are generous with those who honor you. Now you have been uncovered like a hidden treasure and are carried into the church by the bishop. O mighty pillars of faith and martyrs fighting for truth, you endured a host of pain for the sake of Christ, and you lay hidden for so long. Through their supplications, O Christ our God, save our souls. Armed with your strength, they have vanquished their persecutors and crushed Satan’s dreadful might. O Lord our God, your holy martyrs have deserved the crown of immortality on account of their good fight. This work was undertaken by the emperor Andronicus, whose patron saint was the holy Apostle Andronicus. In the twelfth century, a great domed church was built on the spot where the relics were discovered. It was revealed to a pious clergyman, Nicholas Kalligraphos, that among the relics discovered at Eugenius were the relics of the holy Apostle Andronicus of the Seventy and his helper Junia. When miracles of healing began to occur at this spot, the relics of the saints were discovered and transferred to a church with great honor. Their names remain unknown by the Church. ![]() So at Constantinople, near the gates and tower in the Eugenius quarter, the bodies of several martyrs were found. During the persecution against Christians the relics of holy martyrs were usually buried by believers in hidden places. ![]()
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