Martyrdom of Saint Stephen Solemn Vespers at the site of the Martyrdom of Saint Stephen. The solemn prayer was presided over by Friar Luiz and the homily was delivered by the Guardian of the Convent of Gethsemane, Friar Siniša. #Natal #martirio #saintstephen #jerusalem #testemony | Christian Media Center

Saint Stephen's Solemnity Evening prayer in the place of the martyrdom of St. Stephen Just outside Lions' Gate (also known as Saint Stephen's Gate), a Greek Orthodox Church guards the place where Saint Stephen was martyred. His arrest, his trial, and the beginning of the persecutions against the Church are all narrated in Acts: Acts 6:8-15; 7; 8:13. They threw him out of the city, and began to stone him. Steps dug into the rock beneath the Temple esplanade indicate the ancient access route to th

Happy Feast of Saint Stephen, first martyr! "Stephen (Greek: Στέφανος, romanized: Stéphanos, lit. ‘wreath, crown’; c. AD 5 – c. 34) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity.[2] According to the Acts of the Apostles, he was a deacon in the early church at Jerusalem who angered members of various synagogues by his teachings. Accused of blasphemy at his trial, he made a speech denouncing the Jewish authorities who were sitting in judgment on him[3] and was then