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Posted by: Mihaela Bucatari
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22 Mar. 2019 / 09:03
Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia marked today
The Orthodox Christians who follow the Julian calendar mark the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste today, March 22.
The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste or the Holy Forty were a group of Roman soldiers whose martyrdom in 320 for the Christian faith is recounted in traditional martyrologies. They were killed near the city of Sebaste (present-day Sivas in Turkey), in Lesser Armenia, victims of the persecutions of Licinius, who after 316, persecuted the Christians of the East. Among the martyrs was Valerie, whose name was given to a church located in Chisinau’s Riscani district.
In Moldova, the martyrs are remembered through eating Mucenici (‘martyr’ in Romanian), a traditional sweet in the form of a figure-8. Its shape suggests the crowns given to the martyrs or to symbolise infinity making reference to God’s love and His gift of eternal life.
The mucenici are consumed by the family and given to neighbours or at church after Divine Liturgy
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