tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990141932888502187.post3066582824037165034..comments2024-01-31T12:34:57.206-08:00Comments on Full of Grace and Truth: The Life of St. Demetrios the Myrrh-flowingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990141932888502187.post-60993886109346879962017-05-06T09:18:59.714-07:002017-05-06T09:18:59.714-07:00I am seeing a saint demetrius pendant on the inter...I am seeing a saint demetrius pendant on the internet that looks like a flower is there any information on this?hmldjrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09521641764634904754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990141932888502187.post-40033913405340251402013-12-17T04:13:53.251-08:002013-12-17T04:13:53.251-08:00Excellent meritorious work. There are so very many...Excellent meritorious work. There are so very many wonderful axiomata and theologoumena here - this and the other site(s) are beautifully done! All Christians and particularly the Orthodox should visit. <br /><br />Let us note, however, a few more details: The Emperor Maximian confronted by Demetrios was not the Augustus Maximianus Senior of the West, who was headquartered in Rome, but rather the Caesar Galerius, a.k.a. Maximianus Junior the Tetrarch; and it was he who provoked his father-in-law, Diocletian, the Augustus of the East, to launch The Tenth Imperial Persecution in 303 AD. <br /><br />As for dating, there is no absolute surety for any of the Saints of Thessalonike in this period. <br /><br />However, most agree that Demetrios was martyred at age 36<br />during the 10th Persecution, not at its beginning in 303 AD under Diocletian, but after his abdication, that is, after Galerius Maximian had replaced him as Augustus of the East - thus the year 306 AD for Demetrios' martyrdom would accommodate the time frame of events more precisely. <br /><br />The 10th Persecution had not yet been officially enacted until 303, so the martyrdoms of Demetrios and Nestor could not have occurred in 296, but only afterward. Thus with his martyrdom in 306, Demetrios' birth year would also have to be adjusted to 270 AD, not 260, in order for him be age 36 at the time of his passing to Heaven.<br /><br />Nestor was actually martyred by beheading on the same day - before Demetrios - at the Golden Gate following the combat with Lyaios, which would have taken place in the afternoon. And most attest that after that, as the sun was beginning to set, the soldiers who were sent arrived and executed the Great Martyr Demetrios with lances. <br /><br />The Church, desiring to honor each Holy Martyr individually, commemorated Demetrios on the actual day of Oct. 26, but set a special commemoration for Nestor to continue with vespers into the following day of Oct. 27. Thus both are doubly united in commemoration for the two consecutive days.<br /><br />God Grant You Many Years -<br /><br />Prof. Demetrios-Jas. Th. Tsapatoris<br />St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox<br />Theological Seminary<br />South Bound Brook, New JerseyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990141932888502187.post-41128169977528475572009-03-21T11:58:00.000-07:002009-03-21T11:58:00.000-07:00Thank you so much for all these beautiful icons! M...Thank you so much for all these beautiful icons! My husband's name in baptizm is Dimitrios and we were glad to see all those holy images of his patron Saint/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com