Blessed is the hidden power that dwells in the bones of the martyrs: for they are situated in their graves, and they chase demons out of the world. Through their teachings, they abolished the error of idolaters, and they quietly visit creation, and teach it to worship you, who alone are the Lord.
[From the Basilica Hymn for Friday of the Confessors, in The Book of Before and After: The Liturgy of the Hours of the Church of the East, Fr. Andrew Younan, ed. and tr., The Catholic University of America Press (Washington, DC: 2024), p. 506.]
