Troparion
Together let us honor the holy company united by faith, Those noble warriors of the Master of all. They were divinely enlisted for Christ, and passed through fire and water. Then they entered into refreshment praying for those who cry: Glory to him who has strengthened you! Glory to him who has crowned you! Glory to him who has made you wonderful, O holy Forty Martyrs!
The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
In the year 313 St. Constantine the Great issued an edict granting Christians religious freedom, and officially recognizing Christianity as equal with paganism under the law. But his co-ruler Licinius was a pagan, and in his part of the Empire he decided to annihilate Christianity, which had become widespread. Licinius prepared his army to fight against Constantine and, fearing mutiny, he decided to remove Christians from his army.
In Romania there is a special tradition of making “Mucenici” according to the different country regions.
Here are my “mucenici”, as I learned from my mother, this time made with oat flour (gluten- free, oil free):
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