Stand Alone Pages on 'Musings of an Old Curmudgeon'

21 February 2021

Eastern Rite - Hieromartyr

Today is the Feasts of Our venerable father, Timothy, Hermit and Our holy father, Eustacius, Archbishop of Antioch, assisted at the Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. He contended against the Arians by word and pen. He died about A.D 337, during the reign of Emperor Constantine the Great.
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In the Eastern Catholic tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr (one who dies for his beliefs) who was a bishop or priest.

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