Julian the Martyr of Tarsus of Cilicia
Saint Julian was born in Cilicia, in the time of Diocletian, which was the time of his martyrdom. When it was a time of persecution and a time of confrontation, […]
Manuel of Crete, the new saint among the martyrs
He is originally from a village in Crete. He was captured by the Turks after a rebellion raised by the population and suppressed by force by the Ottomans. The Turks captured him and put him to death
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Gelasius, the actor, Baalbaki, the saint and martyr
He was born in a village called Mariamni near Damascus. He practiced comedy and was a prominent member of an acting group that worked in the city
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Polyfectus, the holy martyr
A Romanian officer in the 12th Romanian Division stationed, at that time, in Malatya, Armenia. He condemns paganism. It was during the reign of the Roman Emperor Decius
Parthanios, Patriarch of Constantinople, saint and new martyr
Its origin is from Mytilene. He grew up with a love of knowledge. He was one of the most prominent scholars of his time. Bringing theological knowledge together. He was ordained a deacon
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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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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.
The sermon and the crown between past and present
المقدمة المخطوطات المستخدمة الباب الأول تشكل طقس الخطبة والإكليل وتطوُّره أولاً: الشكل القديم لخدمتي الخطبة والإكليل في المخطوطات خدمة الخطبة
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Questions from the marriage service
What is the meaning of Christian marriage? What makes it different from others? Greater love has no one than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
The wreath
من المتعارف عليه إطلاق تعبير “الإكليل” على صلاة سر الزواج، وذلك يعود ربما الى أن هذه الصلاة تبلغ الذروة لحظة