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Holy Martyrs Romanus and Barulas     12/1/2013

Saint Romanus was a deacon in the church of Caesarea. He zealously preached the Gospel in Antioch. One day, during a pagan celebration, when the Antioch governor Asklepiades wanted to enter the pagan temple to sacrifice to the idols, Romanus stood up before him and said:” Governor, you are doing wrong to worship the idols; they are not gods, but Christ is the only true God “. The enraged Governor put Romanus to tortures, so that the Saint was beaten and flayed mercilessly. At that time Romanus saw a child called Barulas and said to the Governor: “This child is smarter than thee, in thine old age, since he does know the true God, and you do not”. The Governor started interrogating Barulas about his faith and he confessed his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as the one true God as opposed to the false idols. Asklepiades gave the order and the young Barulas was beheaded, while Saint Romanus was strangled in prison in the year 330. Thus, both of them inherited Heavenly Kingdom.