"And you will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved." - Matthew 10:22
“O Forty Champions of the Lord, you abandoned the armies of the world and attached yourselves to the Master in heaven. Having gone through fire and water, O Blessed Ones, you worthily won glory from heaven and a multitude of crowns” (Apolytikion on the Second Tone).
