Gregory of Nyssa
We do not have sufficient data about the details of his life, but we can trace its stages through information scattered in his writings, from letters […]
Theodore of Tyrone (of Tyre), the saint and martyr
Saint Theodore is one of the most famous martyrs in the East, and he is not Saint Theodore, the army commander, whom the church celebrates on February 8.
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Theodorus, army commander
The oldest testimony about Saint Theodore is a sermon delivered by Saint Gregory of Nyssa. We don't know anything about his homeland. We just know that
Basil of Ankara, Saint Martyr of the Priests
Basilius was a priest in Ankara and from the Bishopric of Markles. Preach the word of God with fervor and perseverance. When Basil, the Arian Bishop of Ankara, tried, he broadcast
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Isichios of Antioch, the saint and martyr
Isichios was one of the men of the sheikhdom in Antioch and held a prominent position in the imperial palace there. That was the time of Caesar Maximian
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Athanasius Al-Qalzmi, saint and martyr
His name was first linked to the name of Saints Sergius and Bacchus, who were martyred around the year 303 AD, and who was their brother. Secondly, his name was linked to Al-Qazam.
New Elijah, the great saint among the martyrs
The martyrdom of Saint Elijah occurred during the time of the Caliph al-Mahdi (775-789), and the ruler of the Levant and its police chief, Muhammad, the caliph’s nephew, on the first of
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Forty martyrs
The martyrdom of these saints was around the year 320 AD, during the reign of Licinius Caesar (308-323 AD). We do not know exactly the origin of this group of forty.
Ilian Al-Homsi, the saint, martyr, and doctor
His birth: Saint Elian was born in the city of Homs, into a family that believed in paganism and was considered one of the most noble people living in Homs. The time of his birth
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Saints Martyrs Theo, Eren, Paul and Apollo
The Roman Emperor Maximian (286-305) issued a decree prohibiting the worship of Christ and emphasizing prostration to the gods, ordering the governors not to
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George wearing nails
Saint George (whose name means “the plowman”) was born in the city of Lod in Palestine in the year 280 AD to Christian parents who were wealthy and…