Demetrius, the new martyr
He was born in 1780 to a pious family on the Greek island of Chios. He went to Constantinople to work for his older brother. However, he quarreled with him [...]
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He was born in 1780 to a pious family on the Greek island of Chios. He went to Constantinople to work for his older brother. However, he quarreled with him [...]
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He was born in Gabrovo, Ternovo District, Bulgaria. The longing for monastic life was kindled in him, so he went to the Holy Mountain and became a monk
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This is how the image of David Al-Halabi was drawn when the hour of his testimony with his blood for Christ approached: a Roman Orthodox man, married, with four children and an old mother.
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He was born in the late fifteenth century in the Serbian city of Kratov. He left his town and headed to the city of Sofia in Bulgaria to avoid being caught
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Saint Arsanius was born in the late nineteenth century in the village of Farasa, which is one of six villages that remained Christian in the country.
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Saint Spyridon was born and lived on the island of Cyprus. He became a professional sheep herder. He was very simple and pure of heart. And since it was
Spyridon the Wonderworker, Bishop of Trimithus of Galilee in Saints read more "
Crusades 1098-1204 The Turkish danger: The Seljuk Turks set out from the valleys of Central Asia. Then their leader Tughrul Bey (Prince Al-Saqr) was destined to impose
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