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Jul 12, 2012 · Heavy-hearted, Sophronius, the patriarch of Jerusalem, set out to meet the Caliph, the successor to the Muslim prophet Muhammad, at the gates of the Holy City. The surrender had already been ...
Sep 20, 2024 · Reporter (Live News) Five death row inmates in the U.S. are expected to be executed in the coming days, potentially bringing the total for the year to 18. The upcoming executions are scheduled for ...
Aug 20, 2020 · Houston marked an anniversary in December that some in the city would perhaps rather forget — and others demand be recalled more clearly. On Dec. 11, 1917, 13 black soldiers were hanged for their part in a little-remembered and deadly race riot. They were condemned to death after a trial many called unjust. Now, at a moment when the ...
Mar 11, 2024 · After the death of Patriarch Modestus in December of 634, Sophronius was elected Patriarch of Jerusalem. Although no longer in the hands of the Persians, the Holy Land was now besieged by the armies of the newly-appeared religion of Mohammed, which had already taken Bethlehem; in the Saint's sermon for the Nativity of our Lord in 634, he laments that he could not celebrate the feast in Bethlehem.
Saint Sophronius of Jerusalem, also known as Sophronius of Damascus, Sophronius the Sophist, and Sofronio, was born in Damascus, Syria. He is recognized as a significant figure in the history of the Catholic Church and is celebrated as a saint. Very little is known about Saint Sophronius' early life, but it is believed that he traveled extensively throughout the East and West during his youth ...
Sep 22, 2024 · Born in Damascus, Syria, around the year 560, Sophronius came from an esteemed family and received a deep philosophical education. His early devotion to God grew into an inclination toward monastic life, and while still young he entered a monastery in Palestine. He became a friend and student of John Moschus, his fellow monk who would become an ...
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Saint Sophronius returned to the Monastery of Saint Theodosius the Cenobiarch, and there buried the body of his friend. He laboured much in defence of the Holy Fourth Council of Chalcedon, and traveled to Constantinople to remonstrate with Patriarch Sergius and the Emperor Heraclius for changing the Orthodox Faith with their Monothelite teachings.
