圣欧普塞丘斯出身于贵族家庭，接受了虔诚的基督教信仰的指导。在叛教者犹利安在位时期，当时正是圣大瓦西里在恺撒里亚管理上帝的教会。欧普塞丘斯同一个才貌出众的女子结了婚。不管怎样，欧普塞丘斯甚至没有过上一天的婚姻生活，因为当时在举行婚礼时，正赶上异教徒们庆祝一个节日，为财神献祭。欧普塞丘斯同他的伙伴一起进入了寺庙中，将偶像全部捣毁，甚至也将寺庙毁灭。听到这事之后，犹利安非常生气，并下令将有关人员斩首；许多基督徒被迫服役；并向所有的基督徒征收重税；这样，他们用从基督徒那里征得的财物重新修建了财神庙，并取消了克劳迪所命名的该市的辉煌的名字“恺撒里亚”，改为“马扎”。起初，欧普塞丘斯被绑在一个大树上，受到了残酷的折磨，后来于公元362年被斩首。不久之后，邪恶的皇帝犹利安在向波斯争战时途径“马扎”市。圣大瓦西里出来迎接他，为他带来三个大麦面包，作为对他的尊敬和热情。皇帝下令回敬了一束干草。圣瓦西里对皇帝说：“皇帝，你在同我们开玩笑吗？我们为你们献上的是我们食用的面包，而你给我们的却是牲口的饲料，就算是你的命令，但是这也不能转变成人食用的东西。”皇帝回答说：“你要知道，当我从波斯回来时，你就应该食用干草了。”不管怎样，邪恶的皇帝没有从波斯返回，因为这是他的报应，死在了征途上。 
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