Timeline of Saints

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The purpose of this article will be to list the date of the REPOSE for every saint listed in OrthodoxWiki and the Eastern Orthodox calendar - in chronological order.

New Testament Era

• ca. 25-26 Death of Joseph the Betrothed
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• Theotokos, the Mother of Christ

Apostolic Era (33-100)

• 62 Martyrdom of Apostle James the Just; crucifixion of Apostle Andrew in Patras.
• 67 Martyrdom of Apostles Peter and Paul in Rome
• ca. 90-96 Persection of Christians under Emperor Domitian (2nd) commences.
• 96 Martyrdom of Dionysius the Areopagite of the Seventy.
• 100 Death of St. John the Theologian in Ephesus.

First Century (101-200)

• 107 Martyrdom of Ignatius of Antioch; death of Apostle Symeon
• 108-124 Persection of Christians under Emperor Trajan and continuing under Emperor Hadrian (3rd)
• ca. 120 Martyrdom of Eleutherios and his mother Anthia.
• ca. 130 Death of Apostle Quadratus, of the Seventy.
• 156 Martyrdom of Polycarp of Smyrna.
• 165 Martyrdom of Justin
• 177-180 Persecutions of Christians under Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180) (4th)
• 180 Dyfan of Merthyr first martyr in British Isles, May 14.
• 200 Martyrdom of Irenaeus of Lyons

Second Century (201-300)

• 202 Death of Great Martyr Haralampus, Bishop of Magnesia.
• 202-210 (5th) Persecution of Christians under Emperor Septimius Severus (193-211)
• ca. 209 Martyrdom of Alban in Britain.
• 225 Death of Tertullian
• 235-238 (6th) Persecution of Christians under Emperor Maximinus Thrax; Martyrdom of Hippolytus of Rome
• 249-251 (7th) Persecution of Christians under Emperor Decius.
• ca 250 Matrydom of Christopher of Lycia; martyrdom of Cyprian and Justina at Nicomedia.
• ca. 251 Martyric death of Isidore of Chios under the persecutions of Decius.
• 257-260 (8th) Persecution of Christians under Emperor Valerian (253-260).
• 258 Martyrdom of Cyprian of Carthage.
• 270 Death of Gregory the Wonderworker, founder of the Church in Cappadocia.
• 284 Martyrdom of Cosmas and Damian, Andrew Stratelates and 2,593 soldiers with him in Cilicia.
• 286 Martyrs Timothy and Mavra.

Third Century (301-400)

• 302 20,000 Martyrs burned at Nicomedia.
• 303 (10th) Persecution of Christians under Diocletian, identified as the Great Persecution (303-311);
• 303 Death of Great-Martyr Panteleimon and martyrdom of George the Trophy-bearer at Nicomedia.
• 304 Death of Virgin-Martyr Anysia of Thessaloniki.
• 306 Martyric death of Demetrios in Thessaloniki.
• ca. 306 Death of Great-Martyr Barbara of Nicomedia; death of Bp. Parthenios of Lampsacus.
• 310 (11th) Persecution of Christians under Persian King Shapur II (310-379).
• 312 Martyrdom of Lucian of Antioch.
• 316 Death of Blaise of Sebaste.
• 319 Matyrdom of Theodore Stratelates ("the General"), under Licinius.
• 320 Martyrdom of Forty Martyrs of Sebaste.
• 337 Death of Constantine.
• 345 Death of Nicholas of Myra.
• 348 Death of Pachomius the Great and Spyridon of Trimythous.
• 355 Death of Nino of Cappadocia.
• 356 Death of Anthony the Great.
• 373 Death of Athanasius the Great and Ephrem the Syrian.
• 379 Death of Basil the Great.
• 385 Death of Gregory of Nyssa.
• 386 Death of Cyril of Jerusalem.
• 391 Death of Gregory the Theologian.
• 392 Death of Macarius the Great.
• 397 Death of Martin of Tours and Ambrose of Milan.
• ca. 398 Martyrdom of 10,000 Fathers of the Scetis by Patriarch Theophilus of Alexandria.

Fourth century (401-500)

• 404 Martyrdom of Telemachus.
• 407 Death of John Chrysostom in exile.
• 429 Death of Sisoes the Great.
• 432 Death of Ninian, Apostle to the Picts.
• 435 Death of John Cassian and Acacius of Melitene.
• 444 Death of Cyril of Alexandria.
• 450 Death of Peter Chrysologus.
• 459 Death of Symeon the Stylite.
• 461 Death of Leo the Great and Patrick of Ireland.
• 466 Death of Shenouda the Great (Coptic).
• 473 Death of Euthymius the Great.

Fifth centuy (501-600)

• 529 Death of Theodosius the Great.
• 532 Death of Sabbas the Sanctified.
• 556 Death of Roman the Melodist.
• 579 400 Martyrs slain by Lombards in Sicily.
• 597 Death of Columba of Iona.

Sixth century (601-700)

• 604 Death of Gregory the Dialogist.
• 605 Death of Augustine of Canterbury.
• 614 65,000 Christians in Jerusalem massacred.
• 615 Death of Columbanus in Italy.
• 633 Death of Modestus of Jerusalem.
• 655 Martyrdom of Martin the Confessor.
• 662 Death of Maximus the Confessor.
• 685 Death of Anastasius of Sinai.
• 687 Death of Cuthbert of Lindisfarne.
• ca. 700 Death of Isaac of Syria.

Sevent century (701-800)

• 707 Death of John Maron.
• 712 Death of Andrew of Crete.
• 735 Death of Bede.
• 739 Death of Willibrord.
• 749 Death of John of Damascus.
• 752 Death of Zacharias of Rome.
• 754 Death of Boniface.

Eighth century (801-900)

• 828 Death of Patr. Nicephorus I of Constantinople.
• 836 Death of Theodore the Studite.
• 867 Death of Kassiani, Greek-Byzantine poet and hymnographer, who composed the Hymn of Kassiani, chanted during Holy Week on Holy Wednesday.
• 870 Death of Rastislav of Moravia; martyrdom of Edmund, King of East Anglia.
• 877 Death of Ignatius I of Constantinople.
• 885 Death of Methodius.
• 899 Death of Alfred the Great.

Nineth century (901-1000)

• 935 Martyrdom of Wenceslaus, prince of the Czechs.
• 969 Death of Olga of Kiev.
• 978 Death of King Edward the Martyr.
• 992 Death of Michael, first Metropolitan of Kiev.

Tenth century to Present (1001-Present)

• 1015 Death of Vladimir of Kiev.
• 1022 Death of Simeon the New Theologian.
• 1074 Death of Theodosius of the Kiev Caves.
• 1552 Death of Basil the Blessed.
• 1712 Death of Fr. Maxim Leontiev;
• 1731 Death of Innocent of Irkutsk.
• 1779 Death of Kosmas Aitolos.
• 1794 Death of Paisius Velichkovsky of Moldova and Mt. Athos.
• 1796 Martyrdom of Juvenaly of Alaska.
• 1805 Death of Makarios of Corinth, a central figure in the Kollyvades movement.
• 1816 Martyrdom of Peter the Aleut near San Francisco.
• 1821 Martyrdom of Patr. Gregory V of Constantinople, Abp. Kyprianos of Cyprus and Abp. Gerasimos of Crete.
• 1833 Death of Seraphim of Sarov.
• 1837 Death of Herman of Alaska on Spruce Island.
• 1860 Death of Alexei Khomiakov.
• 1864 Death of Jacob Netsvetov.
• 1879 Death of Innocent of Alaska.
• 1891 Death of Ambrose of Optina.
• 1900 Martyrdom of Orthodox Christians in Chinese Boxer Rebellion (Yihetuan Movement).
• 1905 Death of Apostolos Makrakis.
• 1908 Death of John of Kronstadt.
• 1912 Death of Nicholas of Japan.

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• 1917-40 Persecution of the Orthodox Church in Russia begins, with 130,000 priests arrested, 95,000 of whom were executed by firing squad.
• 1918 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia murdered together with his wife Alexandra and children.
• 1919-1922 Greco-Turkish War; Pontic Greek Genocide eliminates the Christian population of Trebizond.
• 1920 Death of Nektarios of Aegina.
• 1925 Death of Tikhon of Moscow; St. Jonah of Manchuria, Bishop of Hankou (1922-1925).
• 1936-37 Many Russian Orthodox Clerics die in Joseph Stalin's Great Purge.
• 1938 Death of Silouan the Athonite.
• 1941 Martyrdom of Gorazd (Pavlik) of Prague by Nazis.
• 1941-45 Croatian Ustasa terrorists kill 500,000 Orthodox Serbs, expel 250,000 and force 250,000 to convert to Catholicism.
• 1943-44 Hundreds of Orthodox priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church eliminated, tortured and drowned by Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists - Ukrainian Rebel Army, aided by Uniate Metr. Josyf Slipyj who was a spiritual leader of Nazi military units that were later condemned by the Nuremberg tribunal, and who was imprisoned by Soviet authorities for aiding the UPA.
• 1945-90 Persecution of the Orthodox Church in Albania.
• 1947 Death of Alexei Kabalyiuk.
• 1970 Death of Archpriest Stefan Wu Zhiquan , the new martyr.
• 2000 Death of Fr. Grigory Zhu, September.
• 2007 Death of Protopresbyter Elias Wen.

See also

• Timeline of Church History