Saint Stephen the Protomartyr Resource Page

St. Stephen the Protomartyr (Feast Days - December 27, August 2, September 15)

 

Feast on December 27

 

Synaxarion of Saint Stephen the Protomartyr and Archdeacon 

 

Saint Stephen the Protomartyr: Epistle and Gospel Reading

  

Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen as a Model for our Lives

 

December: Day 27: Saint Stephen the Protomartyr

 

The Post-Nativity Cappadocian Liturgical Calendar in 380 A.D.

 

"Good King Wenceslas" for the Feast of St. Stephen 

 

The Original Words To The Song "Good King Wenceslas"

 

 

Feast on September 15

 

Finding of the Relics of the Holy Protomartyr Stephen

 

 

Feast on August 2 

 

The Translation of the Relics of Saint Stephen the Protomartyr

 

 

Homilies 

 

Homily on St. Stephen the Protomartyr (St. Fulgentius of Ruspe)

  

Homily One: St. Gregory of Nyssa on St. Stephen the Protomartyr

  

Homily Two: St. Gregory of Nyssa on St. Stephen the Protomartyr

 

A Homily on Saint Stephen the First Martyr (Asterios of Amasea)

 

Encomium to the Protomartyr Stephen (St. Hesychios of Jerusalem) 

 

Homily on the Holy Protomartyr Stephen (Ps. Chrysostom)

 

Encomium for the Holy Protomartyr Stephen (St. Proclus of Constantinople) 

 

Finding Pity in Sinners and Praying for Enemies (St. Silouan the Athonite)

 

Homily on the Holy Apostle, Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen (Archimandrite Kirill Pavlov)

 

Homily on the Protomartyr Stephen and the Slaughter of the Infants (Metr. Nikodemos of Patras)

 

St. Stephen the Protomartyr, "the Censer of Grace" (Metr. Seraphim of Kastoria)

 

 

Relics and Miracles

 

The Relic of the Right Hand of Saint Stephen the Protomartyr 

 

Miracles Through the Relics of Saint Stephen as Recorded by St. Augustine of Hippo 

 

Miracles of Saint Stephen the Protomartyr in Sixth Century France

 

How an Intervention of the Holy Protomartyr Stephen Was Captured in a Photograph  

 

Saint Stephen Rescues a Fisherman from an Octopus and a Chapel is Built to Commemorate the Miracle 

 

The Chapel of Saint Stephen in Kos and the Healing of a Fourteen Year Old Boy

 

 

Visions

 

The Reaction of Eldress Galaktia To Her Vision of the Stoning of the Protomartyr Stephen

 

The Wondrous Appearance of Saint Stephen the Protomartyr on Mount Athos

 

The Appearance of the Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen to a Hieromonk on Mount Athos

 

 

Shrines and Icons

 

The Location of the Stoning of St. Stephen in Jerusalem 

 

The Recent Discovery of the Burial Place of St. Stephen

 

Saint Stephen Rescues a Fisherman from an Octopus and a Chapel is Built to Commemorate the Miracle 

 

The Chapel of Saint Stephen in Kos and the Healing of a Fourteen Year Old Boy 

 

An Athonite Icon of the Martyrdom of St. Stephen 

 

The Hidden Secrets Below the Church of Saint Stephen in Arnaia of Halkidiki

The 10th Century Church of Saint Stephen the Protomartyr in Ramovouni of Messenia