Part Three: Chapter One: The major lines in the book
We now intend to delve deeper into the content of the book and its internal structure. Our approach to it is not yet an external approach, but rather we will try to enter […]
Gabriel Nasir, the martyr
He is (1) from the town of “Al-Haffa”, the center of “Al-Haffa” district in the Syrian province of Latakia. Once, he and two of his companions went on a trade towards
Theophylactus of Nicomedia, our venerable father among the saints
Theophilectus was born around 765 AD to a humble family of commoners. He left his homeland as a young man and went to the royal city, where he was an imperial advisor at that time.
Theophan, Bishop of Nicaea, the Confessor and Psalmist
Saint Theophan was born into a Palestinian family distinguished by three virtues: piety, hospitality, and love of knowledge. His parents provided for him and his older brother
Procopius of Antioch, the great saint of martyrs
His mother was a rich pagan woman and her husband was a devout Christian. They had a very beloved son, Nyanya... “Saint Procopius.” He was raised according to his mother's belief
Irene from Chrisophlando
Saint Irene (Salam), whose biography we will now recount, is not the great Saint Irene among the martyrs, who was born in the century