Hieromartyr

Last updated
Hieromartyr Hermogen of Tobolsk Hieromartyr Hermogen of Tobolsk.jpg
Hieromartyr Hermogen of Tobolsk

In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr (one who dies for his beliefs) who was a bishop or priest. Analogously, a monk who is a priest is known as a hieromonk.

See also

Related Research Articles

September 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Sep. 2 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Sep. 4

September 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

September 5 – Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar – September 7

September 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Sep. 6 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Sep. 8

September 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Sep. 20 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Sep. 22

September 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

September 26 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - September 28

April 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

April 16 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - April 18

July 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

July 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 21

August 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

August 13 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 15

August 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

August 19 – Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar – August 21

February 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

February 22 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - February 24

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charalambos</span> Christian bishop and martyr (died 202)

Saint Charalampos was an early Christian priest in Magnesia on the Maeander, a city in Asia Minor, in the diocese of the same name. His name Χαράλαμπος means glowing with joy in Greek. He lived during the reign of Septimius Severus (193–211), when Lucian was Proconsul of Magnesia. According to one source, at the time of his martyrdom in 202, Charalambos was 113 years old.

October 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

October 14 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 16

November 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

November 24 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - November 26

Great martyr Classification of saints in Eastern Christianity

A great martyr or megalomartyr is a classification of saints who are venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Rite of Constantinople.

December 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

December 15 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 17

August 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

August 26 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 28

December 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

December 3 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 5

December 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

December 9 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 11

December 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

December 11 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 13

December 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar

December 25 – Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar – December 27

References