Tag: Martyrdom
Christian Reaction to an Inhuman Action
It seems to be regular news these days to hear of church bombing especially in the Middle East that claim the lives of innocent...
Armenian Golgotha
Fr Grigoris Balakian’s memoir Armenian Golgotha, for decades has been an important text of Armenian literature, belonging to this group of significant books that...
Monastic Life As Spiritual Martyrdom
By the time of St. Athanasius (295-373) the concept of spiritual martyrdom had become fairly uniform and definite. From the first remarks of St....
Lift Up Your Prayer For The Remnant That Is Left
It seems that every year there is news of a Christian group somewhere around the world is being persecuted for their Christian faith. We...
Martyrdom of John of Phanidjoit – 13th Century
The text tells us about a probably young Upper-Egyptian man, who was a merchant of imported women's fabrics. His extensive contacts with Moslems, especially...
Life of St Pachomius – The Brother Who Wanted to Become A Martyr
There was one of the very outstanding brothers, who was practising ascetism by himself. He heard of the godly life of the great St Pachomius and...
Asceticism: The Contemporary Martyrdom?
It is well documented that in the early centuries, the blood of Coptic martyrs bathed the knees of the horses of their persecutors. However, since the...
The Practice Of Virginity As A Spiritual Martyrdom
As was pointed out at the beginning of this chapter, the suffering required for spiritual martyrdom may arise from exterior agents, or from natural...
The Life Of St Agnes
The blessed virgin S. Agnes was much wise, and well taught, as S. Ambrose witnesses, and wrote her passion. She was fair in countenance,...
Concerning Virgins; St Agnes
My task begins favorably, that since today is the birthday of a virgin, I have to speak of virgins, and the treatise has its...
