Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the calendar of the Greek Church, a martyr who was a priest or bishop.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A priest who becomes a martyr.
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Examples
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Possessing the desired grace of heaven, thou, O hieromartyr (mentioned by name), hast left unheeded earthly possessions; wherefore as a bodiless one and desirous of enjoying the food of the ever-existing source, thou, O
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The spiritual grace having shone forth unto thee, O father (mentioned by name), did greatly illumine thee; thenceforth the night of passion was shortened and the day of impassivity hast thou reached when thou wast united unto the purest Light; abiding therein, forget not, O God-voiced hieromartyr, those who in faith hymn thy memory.
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The Cathisma, Tone 3: Enlightened of the Divine Spirit, thou least, O hieromartyr, with thy great wisdom and pastoral boldness put to shame the ferocity of tyrants, and having been carried across the abyss of enchantment, hast reached the divine refuge.
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THE GENERAL SERVICE OF THE HOLY FATHERS, IN REMEMBRANCE OF COUNCILS, sung on the 7th Sunday after Easter, also on July 16th after the memory of the holy hieromartyr Athenogenos; and on October 11th after the memory of the holy apostle Philip.
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We magnify thee, O hieromartyr (mentioned by name) and honour thy holy memory, for thou dost supplicate for us Christ our God.
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Thy sacred deeds as an ascending gradual hath acquired the church which thou, O hieromartyr (mentioned by name), dost preserve unshaken and unassailable for the mighty wolves, and which proclaimeth thy virtues and magnifieth thy sufferings, lawfully endured by thee for Christ's sake, O blissful one.
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O hieromartyr (mentioned by name), intercede before Christ the God that our souls may be saved.
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As hieromartyr having the power to bind and to loose, do thou, O blissful one, loose the bonds of mine evil deeds and unto those loved of God number me and partaker of the Kingdom make me through thine intercession.
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Lord; on account of thy martyrdomthe Lord hath blessed thee and thou shalt see the good of the heavenly Zion, taking delight in the divine joys together with all the saints, O hieromartyr (mentioned by name), worthily hymned; make us also partakers thereof through thine intercessions.
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