Hieromartyr Stephen's guest appearances

Hieromartyr Stephen

Saint of the Day

Archangel Gabriel

Alexander Nevsky

John Chrysostom

Saint Nicholas

Andrei Rublev

Father Maximos

Saint Macarius

Saint Nina

Saint Tamara

John IV

Andrew Strateletes

Hieromartyr Januarius

Archdeacon Stephen

Martyr Eugenia

Hieromartyr Polycarp

OwlTail

After the First Martyr Stephen was stoned to death, his body was left for the dogs; but his teacher Gamaliel had his body secretly taken to a place outside Jerusalem and buried by night. About the year 427, a Fr Lucian, the parish priest near the place, was told in a dream where the relics of the Protomartyr were buried. He told Patriarch John of Jerusalem, and they went together to the place revealed. Digging there they found a box labeled with the word "Stephen" in Aramaic letters. They took the sacred relics to Jerusalem in solemn procession.

Translation of the relics of the Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen (428)