The “Action-Packed” Life of Eustathius Placidas
Placidas became one of the earliest Great Martyrs of Christianity. On September 20/October 3, the Church commemorates not only St. Placidas, but also his wife and children.
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Placidas became one of the earliest Great Martyrs of Christianity. On September 20/October 3, the Church commemorates not only St. Placidas, but also his wife and children.
The newest Catholic parish in Arlington, Texas, is named for Matthew Ayariga, one of 21 men murdered by Islamic State terrorists on a Libyan beach in February 2015.Ayariga was a Gh...
A new Vatican commission Rome has recorded the death of over 1700 martyrs in the 21st century.
In 203 Perpetua and Felicity were two of several Christians killed in the amphitheater in Carthage, the leading city in Roman North Africa (modern Tunisia).
A new Vatican commission meeting Tuesday in Rome has recorded the deaths of over 1700 martyrs in the 21st century, including Christians from other denominations, with between 100 a...
Rosamaria MendesThe Bolsheviks made no secret of their crime: they handed over the pectoral cross taken from the slain hieromonk to the monastery abbot.
Hieromonk Nilus (Parnas)The Forerunner demonstrated his love for God by accepting this martyrdom of dishonor.
When I first read Ignatius’ letters, I was captivated by a man who loved Christ more than anything. The post Ignatius of Antioch: Apostolic Father and Martyr appeared first on Angl...
Monk Varsonofy, a resident of the Svyatogorsk Lavra, was killed on August 23 at around 11 AM, with two others seriously wounded in the same incident.
Viktor LuzhkovThere are sufferings that cannot be avoided—sufferings that must be lived through, and within which the soul, if anchored in faith, attains a depth never known before...
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How does God make death serve his saints? John Piper shows from Acts 7:54–8:1 how the Spirit turned Stephen’s death into a doorway to Jesus.Watch Now
New Martyrs, saints of MoscowAlexandra KalinovskayaOn the first Sunday of September, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the Synaxis of the Saints of Moscow.
The Christian’s “Death Benefits” 2 Timothy 4:6–18 Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness. 2 Timothy 4:8 The first great benefit of death for Christians is th...
Marvin was only 9 months old when his mother Rosette Mansour, pregnant again, held him tightly to her breast as armed Syrian soldiers ordered the young family out of the car and ag...
On October 16, 1555, in Oxford, England, Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, bishops in the English Church, died as martyrs. Bound back-to-back, they were burned at the stake. The po...
Mark’s Gospel is one long descent into total darkness, suddenly exploding into brightness at the very end. What’s the point?
Todd Nettleton of Voice of the Martyrs joins Larry to share extraordinary stories from Christians facing persecution around the world, including a young woman whose decision to fol...
A Baptist pastor and another Christian were tragically martyred by the Burmese military junta after being accused of supporting anti-junta resistance, igniting widespread calls for...
There was tradition in the era of St. Thomas More that executioners asked for forgiveness, and those executed gave the person a coin, to ensure the act was swift. Christa Pike's ex...
Natalia VashchinaVery often, those who opposed sectarianism in the Russian Empire stood up to defend the Mother Church against the encroachments of the so-called Living Church foll...
New Martyr Priest Sergei MechevIt sometimes happens that we ourselves do not carry our cross, and by our rudeness we enable those around us to cast off their own crosses.
I celebrate as my onomastico or “name day” the Feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist, 29 August. “He must increase,” said the Baptist, “I must decrease” (John 3:30). I need...
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