Standing Together in Prayer - Commemoration of St. James the great, Martyr of Persia

“O Martyr James, when you received the grace through divine faith, you stood upright happy and bravely when your body was cut, and when you completed martyrdom, you accepted the crown of incorruption, O glorious martyr intercede with Christ God to grant us the greatest mercy” (Apolytikion of Martyr James the Persian).