List of Confessors

Last updated

The Confessor (short for Confessor of the Faith) is a title bestowed by some Christian denominations. Those so honored include:

Related Research Articles

The 360s decade ran from January 1, 360, to December 31, 369.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maximus the Confessor</span> Christian monk, theologian, scholar and saint (c. 580 - 662)

Maximus the Confessor, also spelled Maximos, otherwise known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople, was a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jacob of Nisibis</span>

Saint Jacob of Nisibis, also known as Saint Jacob of Mygdonia, Saint Jacob the Great, and Saint James of Nisibis, was a hermit, a grazer and the Bishop of Nisibis until his death.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Isaac of Dalmatia</span> Greek saint

Saint Isaac the Confessor, also Isaacius or Isaakios, founder of the Dalmatian Monastery in Constantinople, was a Christian monk who is honored as a saint and confessor. He is sometimes referred to as Isaac the Dalmatian, not because he came from Dalmatia, but because of the monastery which he founded.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">April 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)</span>

April 2 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - April 4

<span class="mw-page-title-main">April 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)</span>

April 5 — Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar — April 7

<span class="mw-page-title-main">May 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)</span>

May 12 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 14

<span class="mw-page-title-main">May 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)</span>

May 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 15

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Basil the Confessor</span>

There are two individuals known as Basil the Confessor ; one was a monk and the other Bishop of Parium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicetas of Medikion</span>

Saint Nicetas of Medikion or Nicetas the Confessor, who is commemorated on 3 April, was a monk who opposed Byzantine Iconoclasm.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">February 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)</span>

February 17 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - February 19

Nicetas or Nikitas or Niketas (Νικήτας) is a Greek given name, meaning "victorious one" . The veneration of martyr saint Nicetas the Goth in the medieval period gave rise to the Slavic forms: Nikita, Mykyta and Mikita

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Byzantine Iconoclasm</span> Periods in Byzantine history during which religious images were banned

The Byzantine Iconoclasm were two periods in the history of the Byzantine Empire when the use of religious images or icons was opposed by religious and imperial authorities within the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the temporal imperial hierarchy. The First Iconoclasm, as it is sometimes called, occurred between about 726 and 787, while the Second Iconoclasm occurred between 814 and 842. According to the traditional view, Byzantine Iconoclasm was started by a ban on religious images promulgated by the Byzantine Emperor Leo III the Isaurian, and continued under his successors. It was accompanied by widespread destruction of religious images and persecution of supporters of the veneration of images. The Papacy remained firmly in support of the use of religious images throughout the period, and the whole episode widened the growing divergence between the Byzantine and Carolingian traditions in what was still a unified European Church, as well as facilitating the reduction or removal of Byzantine political control over parts of the Italian Peninsula.

The history of the Eastern Orthodox Church is the formation, events, and transformation of the Eastern Orthodox Church through time. According to the Eastern Orthodox tradition, the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church is traced back to Jesus Christ and the Apostles. The Apostles appointed successors, known as bishops, and they in turn appointed other bishops in a process known as Apostolic succession. Over time, five Patriarchates were established to organize the Christian world, and four of these ancient patriarchates remain Orthodox today. Orthodox Christianity reached its present form in late antiquity, when the ecumenical councils were held, doctrinal disputes were resolved, the Fathers of the Church lived and wrote, and Orthodox worship practices settled into their permanent form.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eastern Christian monasticism</span>

Eastern Christian monasticism is the life followed by monks and nuns of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Church of the East and Eastern Catholicism. Eastern monasticism is founded on the Rule of St Basil and is sometimes thus referred to as Basilian.

The title of New Martyr or Neomartyr is conferred in some denominations of Christianity to distinguish more recent martyrs and confessors from the old martyrs of the persecution in the Roman Empire. Originally and typically, it refers to victims of Islamic persecution.

Michael of Synnada or Michael the Confessor was a metropolitan bishop of Synnada from 784/7 to 815. He represented Byzantium in diplomatic missions to Harun al-Rashid and Charlemagne. He was exiled by Emperor Leo V the Armenian because of his opposition to iconoclasm, and died on 23 May 826. He is honoured as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches, his feast day is May 23.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Church Fathers</span> Group of ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers

The Church Fathers, Early Church Fathers, Christian Fathers, or Fathers of the Church were ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers who established the intellectual and doctrinal foundations of Christianity. The historical period in which they worked became known as the Patristic Era and spans approximately from the late 1st to mid-8th centuries, flourishing in particular during the 4th and 5th centuries, when Christianity was in the process of establishing itself as the state church of the Roman Empire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicetas the Patrician</span> Byzantine official and saint (761/62–836)

Saint Nicetas the Patrician was a Byzantine monk and a fervent opponent of Byzantine Iconoclasm. He is usually identified with Nicetas Monomachos, a eunuch official and general from Paphlagonia active at the turn of the 9th century.

This is a timeline of the presence of Eastern Orthodoxy in Greece from 717 to 1204. The history of Greece traditionally encompasses the study of the Greek people, the areas they ruled historically, as well as the territory now composing the modern state of Greece.