The Holy Martyrs Florus and Laurus.
Florus and Laurus were brothers in the
flesh, and in spirit and in vocation. Both were zealous Christians
and, by occupation, stonecutters. They lived in Illyria. A pagan
prince hired them for the building of a temple to the idols. It
happened that during their work, a piece of stone flew and struck the
eye of the pagan priest's son who was observing the work of the
builders with curiosity. Seeing his son blind and bloody, the pagan
priest began to shout at Florus and Laurus and wanted to beat them.
Then, the holy brothers said to him that if he would believe in the
God in whom they believed, his son would be healed. The pagan priest
promised. Florus and Laurus prayed with tears to the one, living,
Lord God and traced the sign of the Cross over the child's injured
eye. The child was immediately healed and his eye became whole just
as it had been. Then the pagan priest Merentius and his son were
baptized and, shortly after that, both suffered for Christ by fire.
When they completed the temple, Florus and Laurus placed a cross on
it, summoned all Christians and consecrated it in the name of the
Lord Jesus with an all-night vigil of hymn singing. Hearing of this,
the Illyrian deputy burned many of those Christians and threw Florus
and Laurus alive in a well and then filled it with dirt. Later, their
relics were revealed and translated to Constantinople. These two
wonderful brothers suffered and were martyred for Christ and were
glorified by Christ in the second century.
Respectfully Taken From the:
"The Prologue of Ohrid"
by St. Nikolai of Zica, Serbia(Velimirovic)
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