Martyr Unknown

Martyrs Isaac and Martin

Two martyrs who suffered by the sword for Christ; their details are not preserved.

Feast Day

September 22

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Life

Isaac and Martin are commemorated together as martyrs on September 22 in the Eastern Orthodox calendar. The surviving notices preserve little more than their names and the manner of their death: both are recorded as having suffered by the sword for Christ. Their region, period, and the circumstances of their martyrdom are not preserved in the calendars and synaxarion entries that carry their memory.

The commemoration is transmitted with some variation across manuscripts. Some synaxaria add the name of a certain Saint Nicholas alongside Isaac and Martin, so that the group is sometimes counted as three rather than two. Saint Isaac is additionally commemorated on December 9.

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Commemoration

The brief liturgical notice for September 22 records the two martyrs together with the words that they met their end by the sword. Beyond this, the entry supplies no biographical detail.

Traditional commemorative verses accompany the notice. The verses for Isaac play on his name by contrasting him with the patriarch Isaac, the child of Sarah, who was spared at the altar, whereas the martyr Isaac is said to have paid in full by being slain. The verses for Martin relate that, inspired with the courage of Christ, he hastened to the sword.

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Sources: GOARCH calendar; OCA / J. Sanidopoulos cross-check