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October 10 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics)
October 9 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 11 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 23 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For October 10th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 27. Saints * Saint Pinytus (Gr. Πινυτός), Bishop of Knossos in Crete (c. 180)October 10/23 Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).October 23 / October 10 HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Martyr Theotecnus of Antioch (3rd-4th century) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Eusebius
Eusebius of Caesarea (30 May AD 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilius, was a historian of Christianity, exegete, and Christian polemicist from the Roman province of Syria Palaestina. In about AD 314 he became the bishop of Caesarea Maritima. Together with Pamphilus, Eusebius was a scholar of the biblical canon and is regarded as one of the most learned Christians during late antiquity. He wrote the ''Demonstrations of the Gospel'', '' Preparations for the Gospel'' and ''On Discrepancies between the Gospels'', studies of the biblical text. His work '' Onomasticon'' is an early geographical lexicon of places in the Holy Land mentioned in the Bible. As "Father of Church History" (not to be confused with the title of Church Father), he produced the ''Ecclesiastical History'', ''On the Life of Pamphilus'', the ''Chronicle'' and ''On the Martyrs''. He also produced a biographical work on Constantine the Great, the first Christian Roman emperor, who was ''Augustus'' between A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Clair Of Nantes
According to late traditions, Clair (Latin: ''Clarus'') was the first bishop of Nantes, France in the late 3rd century. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Traditional account According to the traditional account, Clair was sent to Nantes by Pope Linus, the successor of Peter, seventy years after the birth of Christ.Nice, Jason. ''Sacred History and National Identity'' Routledge, 2015, He arrived from , with a in his possession from the cross that bore the |
Gereon
Gereon of Cologne (), who may have been a soldier, was martyred at Cologne by beheading, probably in the early 4th century. History The Roman Martyrology states that "In Cologne in Germany, the Saints Gereon and his companions, martyrs, who with sincere piety, courageously offered their necks to the sword." That brief outline is the official account of the church, that is, the martyrdom by beheading, in the famous German city, of a group of Christians headed by a certain Gereon. In fact, nothing more can be said about them with historical certainty. Legend According to his legend, Gereon (called the "Golden Saint") was said to be a soldier of the Theban Legion. Gregory of Tours, writing in the 6th century, said that Gereon and his companions were a detachment of fifty men of the Theban Legion who were massacred at Agaunum by order of Emperor Maximian for refusing to sacrifice to pagan gods to obtain victory in battle. Some of his companions' names are stated as being Cassiu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Theban Legion
The Theban Legion (also known as the Martyrs of Agaunum) figures in Christianity, Christian hagiography as a Roman legion from Roman Egypt, Egypt —"six thousand six hundred and sixty-six men" — consisting of Christian soldiers who were martyred together in 286, according to the hagiographies of Saint Maurice, Maurice, the chief among the Legion's saints. Their feast day is held on September 22. Account According to Eucherius of Lyon, c. 443–450, the Legion was garrisoned at Thebes, Egypt, Thebes in Egypt. The Legion was quartered in the East until the emperor Maximian ordered them to march to Gaul, to assist him against the rebels of Burgundy. The Theban Legion was commanded by Maurice (Mauritius), Saint Candidus, Candidus, Innocent, and Exuperius (Theban Legion), Exuperius, all of whom are Veneration, venerated as saints. At Saint-Maurice, Switzerland, then called Agaunum, the orders were given—since the Legion had refused to perform sacrifice according to the Roman i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Stylite
A stylite ( () "pillar dweller", derived from () "pillar" and ()) or pillar-saint is a type of Christian ascetic who lives on pillars, preaching, fasting and praying. Stylites believe that the mortification of their bodies would help ensure the salvation of their souls. Stylites were common in the early days of the Byzantine Empire. The first known stylite was Simeon Stylites the Elder who climbed a pillar in Syria in 423 CE and remained there until his death 36 years later. Ascetic precedents Palladius of Galatia tells of Elpidius, a hermit from Cappadocia who dwelt in a mountaintop cave outside of Jericho for 25 years until his death, eating only on Saturdays and Sundays and standing up worshiping throughout the night. St. Gregory of Nazianzus speaks of a solitary who stood upright for many years together, absorbed in contemplation, without ever lying down. Theodoret claimed that he had seen a hermit who had passed ten years in a tub suspended in midair from poles. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Maharsapor
Saint Maharsapor (or Sapor; died 421) was an early Persian Christian martyr who is considered a saint. Different sources give his feast day as 10 October, 2 November or 27 November. Life Maharsapor was a Persian of noble family who was brought up as a Christian. After the destruction of a Zoroastrian temple, King Yazdegerd I (r. 399–420) launched a persecution of the Christians. Maharsapor, Narses (or Parses) and Sabutaka were arrested and tortured. Narses and Sabutaka were executed, but Maharsapor was held in prison for three years, and was periodically tortured and offered his freedom if he would abandon his faith. Eventually, in the reign of Bahram V (r. 420–438), he was thrown in a pit and starved to death. Monks of Ramsgate account The Monks of Ramsgate wrote in their ''Book of saints : a dictionary of servants of God canonized by the Catholic Church'' (1921), Butler's account The hagiographer Alban Butler Alban Butler (13 October 171015 May 1773) was an English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Name Day
In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, as well as Christian communities elsewhere. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively that of a List of biblical names, biblical character or other saint. Where they are popular, individuals celebrate both their name day and their birthday in a given year. The custom originated with the Christian calendar of saints: believers named after a saint would celebrate that saint's feast day. Within Christianity, name days have greater resonance in areas where the Christian denominations of Catholic Church, Catholicism, Lutheranism and Orthodoxy predominate. In some countries, however, name-day celebrations do not have a connection to explicitly Christian traditions. History The celebration of name days has been a tradition in Catholic and Eastern Orthodox countries since the Middle Ages, and has also continued in some measur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nicomedia
Nicomedia (; , ''Nikomedeia''; modern İzmit) was an ancient Greece, ancient Greek city located in what is now Turkey. In 286, Nicomedia became the eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire (chosen by the emperor Diocletian who ruled in the east), a status which the city maintained during the Tetrarchy system (293–324). The Tetrarchy ended with the Battle of Chrysopolis (Üsküdar#Chrysopolis, Üsküdar) in 324, when Constantine the Great, Constantine defeated Licinius and became the sole emperor. In 330 Constantine chose for himself the nearby Byzantium (which was renamed Constantinople, modern Istanbul) as the new capital of the Roman Empire. The city was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the victory of Sultan Orhan Gazi against the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines managed to retake it in the aftermath of the Battle of Ankara, but it fell definitively to the Ottomans in 1419. History It was founded in 712–711 BC as a Megarian colony and was original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
December 10 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics)
December 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), December 9 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), December 11 All fixed Synaxarium, commemorations below celebrated on December 23 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Julian Calendar, Old Calendar. For December 10th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), November 27. Saints * Martyrs Menas the Most Eloquent, Hermogenes, and Eugraphus, of Alexandria (c. 313)December 10/23 Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). * Martyr Gemellus of Ancyra, Gemellus of Paphlagonia (Gemellus of Ancyra), cruelly tortured and crucified (361)) * Martyr Theotecnus, by the sword. * Martyr Marianus, by stoning. * Martyr Eugenios, beaten to death. * Venerable Thomas Dephourki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Theotecnus
Theotecnus was bishop of Caesarea Maritima Caesarea () also Caesarea Maritima, Caesarea Palaestinae or Caesarea Stratonis, was an ancient and medieval port city on the coast of the eastern Mediterranean, and later a small fishing village. It was the capital of Judaea (Roman province), ... in the late 3rd century. References * {{end box 3rd-century bishops in the Roman Empire Bishops of Caesarea 4th-century bishops in the Roman Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
