Saint Sebastiani Greek Orthodox Russian Mount Athos Byzantine Christian Catholic Icon on Wood

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Saint Sebastiani. The Saint Sebastian came from the city of Sebaste in Phrygia and learned the Christian faith from the apostle Paul, and took the heat and valor of the teacher. The St. Sebastian lived in the 1st century AD and used her life every day for the truth of the Gospel (in Markianoupoli Thrace). Go to houses and idolaters eilkye many women than those within the Church. He was arrested for this on Dometianou emperor and governor Sergius, molested and was expelled from the place. He reached Heraclea in Thrace where he was arrested again by the ruler Pompeian, and imprisoned. But the female nature, shamed her tormentors. Promises do not lured, threats are not bent, and under heavy suffering stood erect with all its generosity. The flesh of St. Sebastian torn, but his lips, like the heart, still praising Christ. Eventually, this great athlete of the Church, gave her life to death by decapitation and was buried in Redesto.