Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr

Protomartyr

Spomen jun 15 · avgust 2 · decembar 27

The holy, glorious, all-laudable Apostle and Archdeacon Stephen the Protomartyr (Gk. Στέφανος, "crown") was an early Christian convert from among the Hellenistic Jews, one of the original seven deacons ordained by the Apostles , and the first martyr of the Orthodox Church . The Church remembers the martyrdom of St. Stephen on December 27 , and the translations of his relics on August 2 , as well as commemorating him on June 15 with Ss. Fortunatus and Achaicus .

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