Irene, the great saint and martyr from Magedon
We do not know when Saint Irene lived or when she was martyred. Some of them make it in the first century and some in the fourth century (the Synaxarium makes […]
Phokas and Hercules
Phocas's arrival to power: The soldiers rebelled in the fall of the year 602 and crossed the Danube under the command of Phocas, one of their officers, and headed towards the capital of the state.
The Church in times of Islamic invasions
Patriarch Macedonius: (628-640) The Jews tortured Anastasius II, successor of the two apostles, captured him, tortured him, and dragged him through the streets of Antioch on the run, and he died as a martyr.