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Loading... Witnesses for Christ : Orthodox Christian neomartyrs of the Ottoman period, 1437-1860by N. M. Vaporis
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This study is the culmination of 20 decades of research on Orthodox Christian neomartyrs under the Ottoman Turks. Father Vaporis has compiled the life stories of almost 200 faithful men and women who were by and large of humble station, possessing little or no formal educaiton yet gave their lives, or witnessesd for Christ. It is a pan-Orthodox study which cuts across ethnic boundaries to include many non-Greek neomartyrs, from countires such as Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Cyprus, Egypt, Ukraine and Georgia. It also incldues a number of accounts of Muslims who converted to Orthodox Christianity and suffered a martyr's death because they refused to return to Islam. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)272.9Religions History, geographic treatment, biography of Christianity Persecutions Other persecutionsLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |