St. Marcian and St. Martyrius

Marcian and Martyrius served the Church in fourth-century Constantinople. Marcian was a reader, and Martyrius a subdeacon; they also worked with Bishop Paul as secretaries. Their tomb became a place of prayer, remembered by the early Church historian Sozomen. These were people whose work might ordinarily have stayed in the background. The Church remembers their faithfulness alongside that of the great teachers they served.