Eastern Orthodox Martyrs: 13th-century Eastern Orthodox Martyrs, 14th-century Eastern Orthodox Martyrs, 17th-century Eastern Orthodox Martyrs

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Great Martyr or Great-Martyr (Greek:, megalomartyr, from megas, "great" ] "martyr") is a classification of saints who are venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Rite of Constantinople. Generally speaking, a Great Martyr is a martyr who has undergone excruciating torturesoften performing miracles and converting unbelievers to Christianity in the processand who has attained widespread veneration throughout the Church. These saints are often from the first centuries of the Church, before the Edict of Milan. This term is usually not applied to saints who could be better described as hieromartyrs (martyred clergy) or protomartyrs (the first martyr in a given region). ... More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=25716537