The Martyrdom of St . Aoulimpas, the Apostle .

On this day, St . Aoulimpas, who was called Paul, one of the seventy apostles, was martyred .This Apostle ministered to the disciples and carried the epistles of St . Peter to the Gentiles . Hewent with him to the city of Rome, preached there, taught and converted many to the Faith . WhenSt . Peter was martyred, this Apostle was the one to take his body off the cross, shroud him, andtake him to the house of one of the believers . Someone accused him, before the Emperor Nero, ofbeing one of the disciples of Peter . Nero brought him and questioned him . The Saint confessedthat the Lord Christ is the true God . Nero tortured him severely . Then he asked him, "How doyou wish to die?" The Saint replied saying, "I only wish to die for the Name of Christ . Kill me anyway you wish, and bring me speedily to my desire ." Nero ordered to beat him and to crucify him,head downwards, like his teacher St . Peter . They did so and he received the crown of martyrdom .May his prayers be with us . Amen .