ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 14th of March WELCOME! SAINTS ACEPSIMAS, JOSEPH, AND AITHILAHAS, MARTYRS (Saints Acepsimas, Bishop; Joseph, Priest; and Aithilahas, Deacon, Martyrs) St Maruthas closes with the acts of these martyrs, his history of the persecution of King Sapor, which raged without intermission during forty years. A FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT The venerable author assures us, that, living in the neighbourhood, he had carefully informed himself of the several circumstances of their combats from those who were eye-witnesses, and ushers in his account with the following address: “Be propitious to me, O Lord, through the prayers of these martyrs. Being assisted by the divine grace, and strengthened by your protection, O ye incomparable men, I presume to draw the outlines of your heroic virtues and incredible torments. But the remembrance of your bitter sufferings covers me with shame, confusion, and tears, for myself and my sins. O! you who he...