40 Saints Martyrs

Romanians celebrate the 40 Saints Martyrs from Sevastia, every year on March 9th. The day marks the beginning of the agricultural year, as well as the end of the moody Babele days and the start of warmer spring days, also called "Mosilor…

The 40 Saints Martyrs from Sevastia, celebrated every year on March 9, were Christian soldiers serving the Roman emperor Licinius. Three of them, Chirion, Candid and Domnos were very skilled in the study of the Scriptures. In 320, refusing…