Saint Martyr Martha and Mary, as well as their brother Saint Martyr Licarion, lived in the Asian country during the time of persecutions against the Church of Christ. Both sisters, preserving their virginity, sought to please the Lord and desired to accept a martyr's death for Him.
One day, passing by their house, a wicked commander heard their cry: “We are Christians!” The commander, not paying attention to them, walked past, but the sisters cried out again. Hearing them, he spared them for their youth, but Saint Martha replied that martyrdom is life.
The commander became enraged and ordered them to be taken. Mary confirmed her sister's words, and their brother Licarion also declared that he was a Christian. The commander commanded them to be hanged on crosses, and their mother, standing nearby, urged them to save themselves.
Mary, hanging on the cross, told her mother that she too would be saved, as she had brought them to Christ. In the end, Martha and Mary were pierced on the crosses, and Licarion was beheaded with a sword.
