(photo: Eparchy (Diocese) of Batroun, Lebanon) Doreen Abi Raad World September 1, 2017 “The blood of the martyrs is the seed ... Fourth Ecumenical Council in Chalcedon in 451, which decided ...

branch of Christianity as about the martyrs themselves. Coptic Christians trace their history back to Mark, one of the four gospel writers. After the Council of Chalcedon in 451, they broke from ...

The martyrs of different Christian churches throughout the Middle East are together in heaven, interceding for peace in the region and enjoying the unity for which all Christians on earth must ...

which is an Oriental Orthodox Church that rejected the 451 Council of Chalcedon, announced that the men would be commemorated as martyrs in its Church calendar. Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros ...

Today's martyrs have become "the seed of Christian ... These Churches reject the 451 Council of Chalcedon, and its followers were historically considered monophysites – those who believe Christ ...

The church may someday house the 21 martyrs' remains ... meaning it rejected the 451 Council of Chalcedon, and its followers had historically been considered monophysites – those who believe ...

Both are on the list of martyrs of Najran ... Empire and Monophysite Christians from Syria hostile to the Council of Chalcedon (on Christ's dual nature) favoured the spread of Christianity.

The martyrs of different Christian churches throughout ... communities that did not accept the wording of the Council of Chalcedon’s definition in 451 that Christ was fully human and fully ...