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A protomartyr (Koine Greek, πρῶτος prôtos 'first' + μάρτυς mártus 'martyr') is the first Christian martyr in a country or among a particular group, such as a religious order. Similarly, the phrase the Protomartyr (with no other qualification of country or region) can mean Saint Stephen, the first martyr of the Christian Church.
A martyr (Greek: μάρτυς, mártys, 'witness' stem μαρτυρ-, martyr-) is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party. In colloquial usage, the term can also refer to any person who suffers a significant ...
Icon of Great-Martyrs Theodore Tiron and Theodore Stratelates, 16th century, Monastery of the Transfiguration, Prilep (North Macedonia). A great martyr (also spelled greatmartyr or great-martyr) or megalomartyr (from Byzantine Greek μεγαλομάρτυς, megalomártus, from μέγας, mégas 'great' + μάρτυς, mártus 'martyr'; Church Slavonic: великомꙋ́ченикъ ...
Stephen (Greek: Στέφανος, romanized: Stéphanos; c. AD 5 – c. 34) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity. [2] According to the Acts of the Apostles, he was a deacon in the early church at Jerusalem who angered members of various synagogues by his teachings.
The Martyrs of Pratulin (or Wincenty Lewoniuk and 12 Companion Martyrs of Pratulin) were a group of 13 Ukrainian Greek Catholic men and boys who were killed by soldiers of the Imperial Russian Army on January 24, 1874, in the village of Pratulin, near Biała Podlaska.
Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene of Lesbos (Greek: Ραφαήλ, Νικόλαος και Ειρήνη) are venerated as saints and neomartyrs in the Eastern Orthodox Church. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to a 20th-century legend, they lived on the island of Lesbos in the 15th century and were killed by Turkish raiders in April 1463.
Saints Leontius, Hypatius and Theodolus (Greek: Λεόντιος, Ὑπάτιος & Θεόδουλος) were Roman soldiers who, according to Christian tradition, were martyred for their faith. Leontius was Greek by origin, and served as an officer of the imperial army in the Phoenician city of Tripoli during the reign of Vespasian (70–79).
Eudokia the Martyr (in Ancient Greek: Εὐδοκία ἡ Μάρτυς) is a Christian saint and martyr from the 3rd century. According to Christian hagiographic accounts, she was deported along with thousands of other Christians by Shapur I.