Basil, Bishop of Keneshma, the new martyr
Throughout the ages, Christians have been nourished by the lives of the saints: the apostles, the high priests, the desert monks, the martyrs, and the tourists. Today Christians face pressures [...]
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
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
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.
Stephen the new saint and martyr
Saint Stephen was born in Constantinople in 713 AD. His parents, John and Anna, were pious and common people. He was baptized by Saint Germanus, Patriarch
Adrian the Martyr and his wife Natalia
Saint Adrian was a high-ranking officer in the Roman army. He was twenty-eight years old when he was martyred. He lived with his wife Natalia in Nicomedia
Our righteous fathers who were martyred in the Monastery of Saint Saba
In the year 796 AD, the Arabs sought to attack the Bedouin tribes in Palestine. In this context, many Christian cities and villages were exposed to
Martyrdom and martyrs in the church
Testimony: Witness, testify means both the witness before the court and the one who gave his blood for Christ. The witness and the martyr are one in Arabic.
Sources of tradition
The divine and apostolic tradition constitutes the general balance of all the faith of the early churches, which remains the basis of the constitution of faith of the entire universal Church. We have mentioned it
Simon the new miraculous St
This saint is known as Simon the Wonderworker or the Wonderworker, and he is not Simon the Stylite or Simon the New Theologian. Saint Simeon was born