December 27 Third Day of the Feast of the Nativity. Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen (34). Ven. Theodore Graptus (“the Branded”), Confessor and brother of St.Theophanes the Hymnographer (ca. 840). St. Theodore, Archbishop of Constantinople (ca. 686). SAINT STEPHEN The Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen was the eldest of the seven deacons, appointed by the Apostles themselves, and therefore he is called “archdeacon.” He was the first Christian martyr, and he suffered
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