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Thread ID: 12637 | Posts: 2 | Started: 2004-03-03
2004-03-03 20:30 | User Profile
[Second Martyr is a young soldier who was the only one of his group who refused under the threat of death to renounce Christ, give up his cross, and convert to Islam. His barbarous Muslim captors decapitated him and mailed the head to his mother.]
New Martyred Soldiers For Christ Our Lord New Martyr Monk-Soldier Roman & New Martyr Evgeny Compiled By Archimandrite Nektarios Serfes Boise, Idaho
[url]http://www.fr-d-serfes.org/lives/NewMartyredSoldiers.htm[/url]
2004-03-04 04:53 | User Profile
Good find! Sacrifice and martyrdom has always played an important role in Christianity; especially the Christian East. It's no coicindence that among the men most admired by the Russian military are Boris and Gleb; who willing sacrificed their lives for Russia's soul.