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<big>The purpose of this article is to witness Witness to the Saints of the Eastern Orthodox church </big><br> ... and other major personalities of the EO church, through the chronological listing of their "deaths" ... </big> this is not meant to be a historical document rather a continuation from the Acts of the Apostles- and will not concern itself with personalities outside of Orthodoxy - unless critical to the martyrdom or witness to the Saints.
==20BC to New Testament period==
*303 Martyrdom of [[George the Trophy-bearer]] at Nicomedia and Great-Martyr [[Panteleimon]].
*304 Marcellinus, bishop of Rome, dies during persecution; Death of [[Anysia of Thessaloniki]], [[December 30]].
*305 Death of [[Barbara of Heliopolis]], [[December 4]]
*306 Cyril, bishop of Antioch, dies at mines; Death of [[Demetrios of Thessaloniki|Demetrios]] in [[w:Thessaloniki|Thessaloniki]]; Bp. [[Parthenios of Lampsacus]].
*309 Martyrdom of Shmona, Gurya of Edessa.
*340 ''ca,''[[Eusebius of Caesarea]], Church historian, dies; ''ca.'' [[Paul of Thebes]], traditionally considered the first hermit, dies.
*344 Martyrdom of Simeon bar-Sabba'e.
*345 Death of [[Nicholas of Myra]]; ''ca,'' Aphrat "the Persian" dies.
*346 ''ca,'' [[Pachomius the Great]] dies of plague; Barbashmin, catholicos, Seleucia-Ctesiphon martyred.
*348 Death of [[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 ''c,'' Martyrdom of 10,000 Fathers of the Scetis by Patriarch [[Theophilus of Alexandria]].
==Fifth 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]].*440 Death of [[Alexios the Man of God]], [[March 17]].*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]]. *463 ''c.463 Death of ,'' [[Patapius of Thebes]].*466 Death of [[Shenouda the Archimandrite|Shenouda the Great]] (Coptic).*473 Death of [[Euthymius the Great]].
*474 [[Gildas the Wise]], "Badonnicus", [[January 29]].
==Sixth centuy (501-600)==
*523 [[Bridget of Kildare|Bridget]], died at Kildare (Ireland), [[February 1]].
*529 Death of [[Theodosius the Great]]. *532 Death of [[Sabbas the Sanctified]]. *533 Death of Bp. [[Remigius of Rheims]], 'the Apostle of the Franks', [[October 1]] and [[January 13]]. *556 Death of [[Roman the Melodist]].
*579 400 Martyrs slain by Lombards in Sicily.
*582 Death of [[Eutychius of Constantinople]], [[April 6]].
*584 ''c,'' [[Deiniol of Bangor|Deiniol]], abbot of Bangor, [[September 11]].
*597 [[Columba of Iona|Columba]], abbot of Iona, [[June 9]].
==Eighth century (701-800)==
*707 Death of [[John Maron]]. *712 Death of [[Andrew of Crete]].
*714 [[Guthlac of Crowland]], hermit [[April 11]].
*725 [[Cuthburga of Wimborne]], Queen and first abbess of Wimborne, [[August 31]].
*731 [[Gerald of Mayo|Gerald]], bishop of Mayo, [[march 13]].
*735 [[Bede]], monk of Jarrow and biblical scholar: the ''Father of English History'' dies, [[May 27]].
*739 Death of [[Willibrord]]. *749 Death of [[John of Damascus]]. *752 Death of [[Zacharias of Rome]]. *754 Death of [[Boniface]], [[June 5]].
*8th-century:
==Nineth century (801-900)==
*826 Death of [[Theodore the Studite]].*828 Death of Patr. [[Nicephorus I of Constantinople]]. *867 Death of [[Kassiani the Hymnographer|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 [[w:Edmund the Martyr|Edmund]], King of East Anglia.*877 Death of [[Ignatius I of Constantinople]].*885 Death of [[Cyril and Methodius|Methodius]]. *899 Death of [[Alfred the Great]].
==Tenth century (901-1000)==
==Eleventh century (1001-1100)==
*1012 [[Alphege]], Archbishop of Canterbury, [[April 19]].
*1015 Death of [[Vladimir of Kiev]].*1022 Death of [[Simeon the New Theologian]]. *1074 Death of [[Theodosius of the Kiev Caves]].
*''Unknown dates:''
**[[Theodora of Vasta]], [[September 11]].
==Fifteenth century (1401-1500)==
*ca. 1426 ''c,'' [[Ephraim of Nea Makri]], [[May 5]].*1450 Death of [[Ipomoni of Loutraki]], ''Augusta Helen Palaiologos'', [[March 13]].*1462 Death of [[Matrona of Chios]], [[October 20]].
*1463 Martyrdom of [[Raphael, Nicholas and Irene]], [[Bright Tuesday]].
==Sixteenth century (1501-1600)==
*1552 Death of [[Basil the Blessed]].
*ca. 1570/79. Death of ''c,'' [[Gerasimos of Cephalonia]], [[August 15]].*1589 Death of [[Philothei of Athens]], [[February 19]].
==Seventeenth century (1601-1700)==
*1622 Death of [[Dionysius of Zakynthos]], [[December 17]].
==Eighteenth century (1701-1800)==
*1712 Death of Fr. [[Maxim Leontiev]].*1730 Death of [[John the Russian]], [[May 27]].*1731 Death of [[Innocent of Irkutsk]]. *1779 Death of [[Kosmas Aitolos]]. *1794 Death of [[Paisius Velichkovsky]] of Moldova and Mt. Athos.
*1796 Martyrdom of hieromartyr [[Juvenaly of Alaska]], protomartyr of America, [[July 2]].
==Nineteenth century (1801-1900)==
*1805 Death of [[Makarios of Corinth]], a central figure in the Kollyvades movement.*1809 Death of [[Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain]], [[July 14]].
*1816 Martyrdom of [[Peter the Aleut]] near San Francisco.
*1821 Death of [[Nikephoros of Chios]], [[May 1]]; 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]], Spruce Island, [[December 13]].*1860 Death of [[Alexei Khomiakov]].*1864 Death of [[Jacob Netsvetov]], [[July 26]].*1868 Death of The three saints nick anmed named "Papoulakos": [[Joachim of Vatopaidi]], [[March 2]]; Monk [[Christophoros (Panagiotopoulos)]].*1877 Death of [[Arsenios of Paros]], [[January 31]].*1879 Death of [[Innocent of Alaska]], [[Equal-to-the-Apostles]], [[March 31]].*1891 Death of [[Ambrose of Optina]].
==Twentieth century (1901-2000)==
== Twentyfirst century (2001-Present)==
*2001 Death of Elder [[Haralambos Dionysiatis]], teacher of [[Jesus Prayer|noetic prayer]].
*2004 In September, a helicopter carrying Patr. [[Petros VII (Papapetrou) of Alexandria]] along with 16 others (including 3 other bishops of the [[Church of Alexandria]]) crashed into the Aegean Sea while en route to the monastic community of [[Mount Athos]] with no survivors.
*2007 Death of Protopresbyter [[Elias Wen]].*2008 Death of Abp. [[Christodoulos (Paraskevaides) of Athens]].
== See also==