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Wonderworker (title)
The saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church (and of the Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite) have various customary saint titles with which they are commemorated on the liturgical calendar and in Divine Services. Many of the titles can overlap with each other (e.g. apostle and disciple) or are at least not mutually exclusive. Some of them are, however, mutually exclusive (e.g. prophet and righteous). Some titles are only given to one saint, very often the Virgin Mary and some titles are also no longer given to saints (e.g. apostle). It is not rare that certain titles, such as ''Venerable'', ''Prophet'' or ''Hieromartyr'', are placed in front of a saint's name instead of the standard ''Saint'' (e.g. Venerable Bede, Prophet Jonah or Hieromartyr Maximus Sandovic). List The following list explains the titles and gives an exemplary saint for each title: * Archangel: an angel of the second lowest rank, whose purpose is to act as a messenger of God to humans; this ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saints Of The Eastern Orthodox Church
This is a partial list of canonised saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In Orthodoxy, a saint is defined as anyone who is in heaven, whether recognised here on earth, or not. By this definition, Adam and Eve, Moses, the various Prophets in Christianity, prophets, and archangels are all given the title of ''Saint''. Sainthood in the Orthodox Church does not necessarily reflect a moral model, but communion with God; there are many examples of people who lived in great sin and became saints by humility and repentance: Saints Mary of Egypt, Moses the Ethiopian, and Dismas, the repentant thief who was crucified with Jesus Christ. Therefore, a more complete Orthodox definition of what a saint is, has to do with the way that saints, through their humility and their love of mankind, saved inside them the entire Church, and loved all people. Orthodox belief states that God Revelation, reveals saints through answered prayers and other miracles. Saints are usually recognised by their l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gospel
Gospel originally meant the Christianity, Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the second century Anno domino, AD the term (, from which the English word originated as a calque) came to be used also for the books in which the message was reported. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words and deeds of Jesus, culminating in trial of Jesus, his trial and crucifixion of Jesus, death, and concluding with various reports of his Post-resurrection appearances of Jesus, post-resurrection appearances. The Gospels are commonly seen as literature that is based on oral traditions, Christian preaching, and Old Testament exegesis with the consensus being that they are a variation of Greco-Roman biography; similar to other ancient works such as Xenophon's Memorabilia (Xenophon), ''Memoirs of Socrates''. They are meant to convince people that Jesus was a charismatic miracle-working holy man, providing examples for readers to emulate. As such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seventy Disciples
The seventy disciples (Greek language, Greek: ἑβδομήκοντα μαθητές, ''hebdomikonta mathetes''), known in the Eastern Christianity, Eastern Christian traditions as the seventy apostles (Greek language, Greek: ἑβδομήκοντα απόστολοι, ''hebdomikonta apostoloi''), were early emissaries of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. The number of those disciples varies between either 70 or 72 depending on the manuscript. The passage from Luke 10 in the Gospel of Luke, the only gospel in which they are mentioned, includes specific instructions for the mission, beginning with (in Douay–Rheims Bible): In Western Christianity, they are usually referred to as Disciple (Christianity), disciples, whereas in Eastern Christianity they are usually referred to as apostles. Using the original Greek language, Greek words, both titles are descriptive, as an ''apostle'' is one sent on a Mission (Christian), mission (the Greek uses the verb form: ''apesteilen'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disciple (Christianity)
In Christianity, a disciple is a dedicated follower of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus. This term is found in the New Testament only in the Canonical Gospels, Gospels and Acts of the Apostles, Acts. Originating in the ancient Near East, the concept of a disciple is an adherent of a teacher. Discipleship is not the same as being a student in the modern sense; a disciple in the ancient biblical world actively imitation, imitated both the life and teaching of the master. It was a deliberate apprenticeship which made the fully formed disciple a living copy of the master. The New Testament records many followers of Jesus during Ministry of Jesus, his ministry. Some disciples were given a Christian mission, mission, such as the Matthew 10, Little Commission, the Seventy disciples, commission of the seventy in Luke's Gospel, the Great Commission after the resurrection of Jesus, or the Conversion of Paul the Apostle, conversion of Paul, making them ''Apostles in the New Testament, apostle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximus The Confessor
Maximus the Confessor (), also spelled Maximos, otherwise known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople ( – 13 August 662), was a Christianity, Christian monk, theologian, and scholar. In his early life, Maximus was a civil servant, and an aide to the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius. He gave up this life in the political sphere to enter the monastic life. Maximus had studied diverse schools of philosophy, and certainly what was common for his time, the Platonic dialogues, the works of Aristotle, and numerous later Platonic commentators on Aristotle and Plato, like Plotinus, Porphyry (philosopher), Porphyry, Iamblichus, and Proclus. When one of his friends began espousing the Christology, Christological position known as Monothelitism, Maximus was drawn into the controversy, in which he supported an interpretation of the Chalcedonian formula on the basis of which it was asserted that Jesus had both a human and a divine Will (philosophy), will. Maximus is veneration, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confessor Of The Faith
Confessor of the Faith is a title given by some Christian traditions. In Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, Christians who professed their faith in times of Christian persecution and therefore had to suffer persecution, exile, torture, mutilation and/or imprisonment, but not directly undergo martyrdom, are called ''confessors'' (). Later, popes, bishops, abbots, kings and hermits were also counted among the confessors. With the spread of Christianity and the decrease in persecution of Christians in the 5th century, this designation was also given to those Christians who lived a holy life, such as the English King Edward the Confessor. Etymology The word confessor is derived from the Latin , 'to confess; to profess'. In the early church, it was a title of honour, designating those individuals who had confessed Christ publicly in time of persecution and had been punished with imprisonment, torture, exile, or labour in the mines, remaining faithful until the end of their l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Of Białystok
Gabriel of Białystok (; ), also known as Gabriel of Zabłudów (; alternatively ''Gavrila'' or ''Gavriil''; – April 20, 1690), is a child saint in the Russian Orthodox Church and Polish Orthodox Church. The story of his death is considered by some authors, specially from the Jewish community, as an example of antisemitic blood libel. His feast day is held on April 20 (of the Julian Calendar, which equates to May 3 of the Gregorian Calendar). Life and canonization According to tradition, six-year-old Gabriel was kidnapped from his home in the village of Zverki (13 km from Zabłudów, Grodno Uezd then Grand Duchy of Lithuania, today's Poland) during the Jewish Passover, while his parents, pious Orthodox Christians Peter and Anastasia Govdel, were working in a nearby field. Shutko, a Jewish arendator of Zverki, was accused of taking the boy to Białystok, piercing him with sharp objects and draining his blood for nine days, before bringing the dead body back to Zverki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child Martyr
Child saints are children who died or were martyred and have been declared saints or martyrs of the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Episcopalian, or Lutheran Churches or have been beatified. Early Christian Saints Orthodox Church Episcopal Church Catholic Church Group Martyrs Martyrs of China Martyrs of Japan Martyrs of Korea Martyrs of Kosheh * Al-Amir Helmy Fahmy * Maysoon Ghatas Fahmy * Refaat Fayez Awad Fahmy * Wael El-Dabai Mikhail Martyrs of Nag Hammadi * Mina Helmy Said * Bishoy Farid Labib * Dina Hamalni * Boula Atef Yassa * Abanoub Kamal Nashed Martyrs of the Nazi regime Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War Martyrs of Vietnam * Andrew Trong Van Tram * Anê Dần * Giuse Túc * Thomas Thien Tran Other Catholic Martyrs Dubious or fictitious William of Norwich was a twelve year old English boy whose unsolved murder was, at the time, attributed to the Jewish community of Norwich. It is the first known medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blessed Augustine
Augustine of Hippo ( , ; ; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a theologian and philosopher of Berbers, Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia (Roman province), Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings deeply influenced the development of Western philosophy and Western Christianity, and he is viewed as one of the most important Latin Church Fathers, Church Fathers of the Latin Church in the Patristic Period. His many important works include ''The City of God'', ''De Doctrina Christiana, On Christian Doctrine'', and ''Confessions (Augustine), Confessions''. According to his contemporary, Jerome, Jerome of Stridon, Augustine "established anew the ancient Faith". In his youth he was drawn to the Manichaeism, Manichaean faith, and later to the Hellenistic philosophy of Neoplatonism. After his conversion to Christianity and baptism in 386, Augustine developed his own approach to philosophy and theology, accommodating a variety of methods and perspectives. Believ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter I Of Bulgaria
Peter I (; ; died 30 January 970) was the emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria from 27 May 927 to 969. Facing Bogomilism and rebellions by his brothers and also by Časlav Klonimirović early on in his reign, Peter secured more success later in life; he ensured the retreat of the invading Rus by inciting Bulgaria's allies, the Pechenegs, to attack Kiev itself. Traditionally seen as a weak ruler who lost land and prestige, recent scholarship challenges this view, emphasizing the empire's affluence and internal peace. Considered a good ruler during the Middle Ages, his name was adopted by later leaders trying to restore Bulgarian independence under Byzantine rule to emphasize legitimacy and continuity. Early reign Peter I was the son of Simeon I of Bulgaria by his second marriage to the sister of George Sursuvul. Peter had been born early in the 10th century, but it appears that his maternal uncle was very influential at the beginning of his reign. In 913 Peter may have visited the impe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil The Blessed
Vasily the Blessed (known also as Basil, and as the fool for Christ; the Wonderworker of Moscow; or Blessed Vasily of Moscow; , Vasily Blazhenny) is a Russian Orthodox saint of the type known as ''yurodivy'' or "holy fool". Life Vasily was born to serfs in December 1468 at the portico of the Epiphany Cathedral at Yelokhovo (now in Moscow). His father was named Jacob and his mother Anna. Originally an apprentice shoemaker, he went to Moscow when he was sixteen. There he helped those who were ashamed to ask for alms, but were in need of help. He adopted an eccentric lifestyle of shoplifting and giving to the poor to shame the miserly and help those in need. He went naked and weighed himself down with chains. He rebuked Ivan the Terrible for not paying attention in church. Vasily was said to have the gift of prophecy. When he died on August 2, 1552, or 1557, St. Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow, served his funeral with many clergy. He is buried in St. Basil's Cathedral in Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Asceticism
Asceticism is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures through self-discipline, self-imposed poverty, and simple living, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. Ascetics may withdraw from the world for their practices or continue to be part of their society, but typically adopt a frugal lifestyle, characterised by the renunciation of material possessions and physical pleasures, and also spend time fasting while concentrating on the practice of religion, prayer, or meditation. Some individuals have also attempted an ascetic lifestyle to free themselves from addictions to things such as alcohol, tobacco, drugs, entertainment, sex, food, etc. Asceticism has been historically observed in many religious and philosophical traditions, most notably among Ancient Greek philosophical schools (Epicureanism, Gymnosophism, Stoicism, and Pythagoreanism), Indian religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism), Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam), an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
