Saints Demetrius and Natalia, antique Russian icon, 19th century
Saints Demetrius and Natalia, antique Russian icon, 19th century. Icon of the 19th century, from Moscow (Russia), representing Saints Demetrius and Natalia.
Saint Demetrius was a Christian martyr, but his history remains uncertain. According to traditional agiography, he was a deacon of Thessaloniki, where he was persecuted and martyred around 306 AD. Later accounts depict him as a Roman soldier, and that's why he became one of the most important Orthodox military saints, often paired with Saint ...
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Saints Demetrius and Natalia, antique Russian icon, 19th century. Icon of the 19th century, from Moscow (Russia), representing Saints Demetrius and Natalia.
Saint Demetrius was a Christian martyr, but his history remains uncertain. According to traditional agiography, he was a deacon of Thessaloniki, where he was persecuted and martyred around 306 AD. Later accounts depict him as a Roman soldier, and that's why he became one of the most important Orthodox military saints, often paired with Saint George. He is often represented on a horse while killing a Moor.
Saint Natalia is a martyr who lived in Cordoba during the Umayyad Caliphate. She had two daughters with her husband Adrian, a Christian too, and she decided to conceal her faith to protect them, but, witnessing the abuses endured by John the martyr, she decided to become a martyr for Christ. She sent her daughters to a monastery and she entered the mosque without concealing her head, to be recognized as a Christian. She was then arrested with her husband and a monk in Jerusalem.
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