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Devotion to St. Lydia is greater in the Orthodox Church than in the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church, and this is evident by the myriad of icons depicting this woman. The Orthodox Churches have given her the title of "Equal to the Apostles", which signifies her importance and level of holiness. There is a church located in Philippi ...
Saint Lydia of Thyatira (Lydia of Philippi), mentioned in Acts 16:14-15 (1st century) [1] [note 2] Martyrs Thalelaeus the Unmercenary , at Anazarbus in Cilicia , and his companions Alexander and Asterius (284) [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ note 3 ]
March 27; March 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Saint Philetus (d. 121) is, along with Saints Lydia, Macedo(n), Theoprepius (Theoprepides), Amphilochius and Cronidas (Cronides) , venerated as a Christian martyr .
Saint Lydia may refer to: Lydia of Thyatira, first recorded convert to Christianity in Europe; See Philetus (martyr), for Lydia, 2nd-century Illyrian Christian martyr
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). April 9 / March 27. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). March 27. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin ...
The temple of Artemis in Sardis, capital of Lydia. The early Lydian religion exhibited strong connections to Anatolian as well as Greek traditions. [2]Although Lydia had been conquered by the Persian Achaemenid Empire in c. 547 BC, native Lydian traditions were not destroyed by Persian rule, and most Lydian inscriptions were written during this period.
Equal-to-apostles or equal-to-the-apostles [a] is a special title given to some saints in Eastern Orthodoxy and in Byzantine Catholicism. The title is bestowed as a recognition of these saints' outstanding service in the spreading and assertion of Christianity, comparable to that of the original apostles.
By this definition, Adam and Eve, Moses, the various prophets, and archangels are all given the title of Saint. Sainthood in the Orthodox Church does not necessarily reflect a moral model, but communion with God; there are many examples of people who lived in great sin and became saints by humility and repentance: Saints Mary of Egypt, Moses ...