John Damascene
Mansour ibn Sarjun, the name of Saint John, was born around the year 655 AD in Damascus, the capital of the Umayyads at that time, from an ancient family […]
Cyril Al-Baalbaki, Mark Al-Artouzi, and the servants and virgins in Gaza and Ashkelon
When Constantius Caesar (337-361), Emperor of Byzantium, deliberately killed his uncle Julius Constantius, the brother of Saint Constantine the Great, and his eldest son,
Dorotheos of Gaza
Saint Dorotheos (500-555), who was from Gaza. His spiritual parents are: John “the Prophet” and Barsonovius “the great old man”. His upbringing:
Paul, Ainatha, and Valentina, saints and martyrs from Palestine
Ephesus of Caesarea mentioned the biography of their martyrdom in his book on the martyrs of Palestine. The ruler of Caesarea Palestine at that time was called Vermilian. In his days he raged
Saint Agapius, the martyr, and his seven companions, the martyrs
The news of these saintly martyrs was mentioned in the book “The Martyrs of Palestine” by Ephesus of Caesarea (Chapter Three). The Emperor of Rome at that time was Diocletian and the ruler of Palestine
Bishop Suleiman Al-Ghazi, the poet
Arab history has known many Arab Christian poets who rarely referred to their Christian identity in their poems. As for Suleiman...
Great persecution
Ruling before the persecution: After the killing of Aurelianus in his campaign against the Sassanians in the year 275, several emperors succeeded to the throne who were killed.
The ungrateful Julianus
Son of Julius, son of Constantius I Chlorus. He is Gallus's paternal brother, and his father Julius is Constantine's paternal brother. Julian's mother, Basilina
Monks in the third and fourth centuries
Origin: Jesus Christ was the first to live a life of poverty, wandering, and misery. He taught that the Kingdom of God was approaching. He sent his disciples and instructed them not to become pregnant