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The 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia refers to victims of persecution of Christians in Nicomedia, Bithynia (modern Izmit, Turkey) by the Roman emperors Diocletian and Maximian in the early 4th century AD. According to various martyrologies and menologion, the persecution included the burning of a church that held numerous Christians on Christmas Day .
- 28 December (Eastern), 23 June (Western)
Dec 28, 2017 · 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia. Commemorated on December 28. Troparion & Kontakion. The Holy 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia: At the beginning of the fourth century the emperor Maximian (284-305) gave orders to destroy Christian churches, to burn service books, and to deprive all Christians of rights and privileges of citizenship. At this time the ...
Dec 28, 2023 · On December 28, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the death of the 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia, modern Izmit in Turkey, who were burned to death at the order of the Roman Emperor Maximian in the year 303. At the turn of the fourth century, the Roman emperor was growing increasingly angry over the spread of Christianity throughout the Empire.
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Dec 28, 2016 · The Holy 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia: At the beginning of the fourth century the emperor Maximian (284-305) gave orders to destroy Christian churches, to burn service books, and to deprive all Christians of rights and privileges of citizenship.
Dec 28, 2019 · The Orthodox Church commemorates today the 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia who sacrificed their lives for Jesus Christ. Their martyrdom is one of the cases of mass persecution and massacres against Christians, especially in the late second and early third centuries. That seems so contemporary, even in the 21st century!
20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia; Nicaea (present-day İznik, another important city in Bithynia, and the interim Byzantine capital city between 1204 and 1261 (Empire of Nicaea) following the Fourth Crusade in 1204, until the recapture of Constantinople by the Byzantines in 1261.
Oct 22, 2012 · The 3628 Martyrs in Nicomedia were a group of Christians of Alexandria during the reigns of the Roman emperors Diocletian and Maximian who, following the martyrdom of Archbishop Peter of Alexandria, had come to believe in Christ and were martyred in Nicomedia for not renouncing their belief. They are commemorated on September 2.
