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.
Contents
- 1 New Testament Era
- 2 Apostolic Era (33-100)
- 3 First Century (101-200)
- 4 Second Century (201-300)
- 5 Third Century (301-400)
- 6 Fourth century (401-500)
- 7 Fifth centuy (501-600)
- 8 Sixth century (601-700)
- 9 Sevent century (701-800)
- 10 Eighth century (801-900)
- 11 Nineth century (901-1000)
- 12 Tenth century to Present (1001-Present)
- 13 See also
- 14 Notes
New Testament Era
- ca. 25-26 Death of Joseph the Betrothed
- ca. 30-33 Death and Resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God.
- ca. 30-33 Stephen, the protomartyr.
- Miscellaneous.
The dormition of the mother of the Theotokos, the Righteous Anna, July 25.
Apostolic Era (33-100)
- ca. 45-55 The Dormition [1] of the Theotokos, the Mother of Christ, August 15.
- 62 Martyrdom of Apostle James the Just; crucifixion of Apostle Andrew in Patras.
- 66 Martyrdom of Photini of Samaria, Anatole, Photo, Photis, Paraskeve, Kyriake, Photinos and Joses and the Duke Sebastianos, under Emperor Nero.
- 67 Martyrdom of Apostles Peter and Paul in Rome.
- ca. 90-96 (2nd) Persection of Christians under Emperor Domitian.
- 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.
- 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 [2], the new martyr.
- 2000 Death of Fr. Grigory Zhu, September.
- 2007 Death of Protopresbyter Elias Wen.
See also
Notes
- ↑ At the time of her death tradition states she was in her early fifties.
- ↑ http://www.orthodox.cn/localchurch/harbin/stefanwu_en.htm