During the reign of Emperor Julian, when Christians were persecuted, two presbyters of the Antiochian church, Eugene and Macarius, were captured. At their trial, they confessed Christ as the true God and rebuked Julian as an apostate. For this, they were subjected to cruel tortures, but, by the power of God, they remained unharmed.
After the tortures, they were exiled to Oasim, where they rejoiced that they were suffering exile for Christ. In Oasim, hearing about a fierce serpent, the saints asked to be shown its cave. After praying, they saw how the serpent was killed by a heavenly strike of thunder, and the pagans, witnessing the miracle, believed in Christ.
The saints spent thirty days in prayer in the cave, without food or drink. They were given a voice that pointed them to a stone from which water flowed. Quenching their thirst, they prayed that the Lord would grant them to die at the same time. The Lord accepted their prayer, and they departed to the Lord, praising and glorifying Him.
The memory of the holy martyrs Maximus, Theodotus, Isichius, and the martyr Asclepiodota, who suffered under Emperor Maximian Galerius in Adrianople, is celebrated on the same day.
