a collection of Christian martyrs from Roman to modern times in Anatolia - Turkey

1. MARTYRS OF TURKEY – a history of
Christian persecution en Anatolia

2. the minority of
Catholics who
live in Turkey
can boast of
770 Catholic
saints and
blesseds from
their past., of
that number,
660 died as
martyrs

3. The New Testament lists many Turkish saints. The Apostle Philip is said to
have been martyred in Turkey (although other sources say he died in Greece),

4. some
traditions
say Saint
Luke the
Evangelist
was born
there.

5. Saint Timothy, to whom the Apostle Paul wrote two
letters, was the bishop of Ephesus, near modern Selçuk.

6. Saint Paul also refers in his letters to Saint Epaphras, who was
one of his traveling companions; Paul identifies Epaphras as
being from Colossae, an ancient city near modern Honaz.

7. Saints Manaen
and Agabus were
prophets and
leaders of the
Church in Antioch
(now Antakya) -
Manaen as a
teacher in the first
century Christian
Church at Antioch
who had been
'brought up with
Herod Antipas.

8. According to Acts 11:27–28,
Agabus was one of a
group of prophets
who travelled
from Jerusalem
to Antioch.
Agabus had received
the gift of prophecy
and predicted a
severe famine, which
occurred during the reign
of the emperor Claudius.

9. Saint Christopher,
the one who,
according to the
famous legend,
gave up serving the
devil to serve the
King of Kings, died
in ancient Lycia
(the modern
provinces of
Antalya and
Muğla in
Turkey).

10. Saint George,
a roman soldier
was born in
Cappadocia.
Legend says he
killed a dragon
in Silene, Libya.

11. Saint Margaaret -
according to a 9th-
century martyrology
of Rabanus Maurus, she
suffered at Antioch in
Pisidia (in what is now
Turkey) in around 304,
during the Diocletianic
persecution. She was the
daughter of a pagan
priest named Aedesius.

12. Having embraced Christianity
and consecrated her virginity to
God, Margaret was disowned
by her father, adopted by her
nurse, and lived in the country
keeping sheep with her
foster mother.
Olybrius, Governor of the
Roman Diocese of the East,
asked to marry her, but with the
demand that she renounce
Christianity. Upon her refusal,
she was cruelly tortured. Satan
threatened her in the form of a
dragon, whom she slew
with the cross.

13. Saint Blaise
(who saved a
choking boy
through his
prayers), and
has become
the patron
for throat
illnesses

14. Saint Barbara was born in Hiepolis of Nicomedia. Denounced as a
christian she was beheaded by order of the the prefect Marianus.

15. Saint Pantaleon
(who was a doctor)
are all said to have
died in Turkey.
He was a son of
a rich pagan,
Eustorgius of
Nicomedia, and had
been instructed in
Christianity by his
Christian mother,
Saint Eubula

16. Even the
famous Saint
Nicholas of
Santa Claus
fame was the
bishop of the
Turkish city of
Myra, now
known as
Demre

17. The early Catholic Church in Turkey boasts many holy bishops,
such as Saint Acacius of Amida (modern Diyarbakır), who
organized the faithful to care for several thousand Persians who
had been captured by the Roman army and who were starving.

18. Saint Gregory
Thaumaturgus (whose
latter name means
“wonderworker”)
was the third century
bishop of Neocaesarea
(modern Niksar) and
was well known during
his lifetime for the
miracles that resulted
from his prayers

19. Saint John the Silent was a sixth century monk. John had
been named a bishop, but he felt called to the seclusion of
monastic life instead and sneaked away to live as a humble
monk. He told no one his secret for years.

20. Saint Simeon the Stylite was a fifth century hermit who lived for decades on top of a column
(stylite) in the wilderness as a penance; many people sought him out to listen to him preach

21. The great city of
Constantinople may be
known as Istanbul now,
but an impressive number
of patriarchs of that city
have been named saints.

22. John Chrysostom, who was a preacher,
martyr, and Doctor of the Church, is certainly
the most famous patriarch of this city.

23. Other patriarchs of
Constantinople who
are considered saints
include: Alexander,
Anatolius, Antony
Kauleas, Cyrus,

24. Saints
Eutychius,
Flavian,
Ignatius,
Germanus I,

25. Saints
Menas,
Methodius I,
Metrophanes
Nicephorus

26. Saints Paul I,
Peter Thomas,
Proclus, and
Tarasius

27. Saints Gregory of Nazianzus and Basil the Great were close friends
and bishops of Turkey, and both have been named Doctors of
the Church because of their brilliant and influential writings.

28. Saints Basil and
Gregory grew up in
devout families, so
devout that many of
their family members
were also recognized as
saints after their
deaths. For example,
Saint Basil’s parents
and four of his siblings
are considered saints.
Saint Gregory’s mother,
sister, and brother are
all recognized as saints

29. Two other Turkish Doctors of the Church include Saint
Gregory of Narek, a tenth century priest, monk, and poet,

30. and Saint Ephraem, a fourth century deacon,
poet, and mystic who died in Edessa (modern Urfa)

31. Other inspirational
Turkish female saints
include Saint Olympiada.
After she was left a
widow in fourth century
Nicomedia (modern
İzmit), Olympiada
founded an orphanage,
a hospital, and a
religious order
of nuns.

32. Saint Pulcheria was a Byzantine princess in the fifth century, served as regent
for her brother for a time, and later entered into a chaste marriage for the
sake of political stability. Her personal devotion and her protection of the
Church had long-lasting effects throughout the empire. - Eudoxia y Pulcheria

33. Saint Anthusa
was a Byzantine
princess who
lived in the eighth
century, and she
used her influence
to support
monasteries
and those who
were poor

34. More recent
martyrs include
Blessed Ignazio
Maloyan
(celebrated by the
Church on June 11)
and other victims
of the Armenian
genocide of 1915

36. Although the massacres were aimed mainly at the Armenians, in some
cases they turned into indiscriminate anti-Christian pogroms, including
the Diyarbekir massacres, where, at least according to one
contemporary source, up to 25,000 Assyrians were also killed

37. The destruction of the Christian
communities was the result of
the deliberate policy of three
successive Ottoman and
Turkish governments
–Abdülhamid II in 1894–1896,
-the CUP (the Young Turks)
from 1914–1918,
-and the Nationalist regime
under Ataturk during
1919–1924 –
a policy that most of the
country’s Muslim inhabitants
did not oppose, and many
enthusiastically supported.

38. The massacres
are named
after Sultan Abdul
Hamid II, who, in
his efforts to
maintain the
imperial domain
of the declining
Ottoman Empire,
reasserted pan-
Islamism as a
state ideology.

39. The Hamidian massacres also called the Armenian
massacres, were massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman
Empire in the mid-1890s. Estimated casualties ranged from
100,000 to 300,000, resulting in 50,000 orphaned children.

40. The campaign of mass murder and ethnic cleansing was carried out, in staggered
fashion, over a thirty-year period, between 1894 and 1924. It encompassed not only
Turkey’s Armenians but also all the other Christian communities in the country,
primarily the Greeks, but also the various Assyrian sects.

41. The process of ethnic-religious
cleansing was characterized
by rounds of deliberate large-
scale massacre, alongside
systematic expulsions, forced
conversions, and cultural
annihilation that together
amounted to genocide.

42. The murders, expulsions, and forced
conversions were ordered by
government officials and carried
out by other officials, soldiers,
gendarmes, policemen and, often,
tribesmen and the civilian
inhabitants of towns and villages.

43. All of this occurred with the active participation of Muslim clerics
and the encouragement of the Turkish-language press.

44. It is estimated that during WWI from
1915-1916 about 1 -1,5 million
Armenians were murdered.

45. At the beginning of this period, Christians had constituted
about 20 percent of the population of Asia Minor; by 1924
the proportion of Christians in Turkey had fallen to 2 percent.

46. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
CHRIST
Resurrection – according to the gospels
Christ the King
Christ lives
Body of Christ - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4
Christ and his Kingdom
Sacred Heart 1 + 2 – bible and doctrine –
Haurietis aquas – the cult of the Sacred Heart
Vocation to beatitude
Vocation to evangelize with Christ
CHURCH
Divine Revelation
Priestly Ministry
Human Community
Church, Mother and Teacher
Signs of hope
youth synod
CULTURE and HISTORY
Columbus and the discovery of America
Confraternities and processions– Hispanic
Diwali – Festival of lights – Hindi feast
Football in Spain
President Trump
Russian Revolution and Communism 1, 2, 3
Sevilla's fair
Virgen del Pilar and Hispanicity
FAMILY, CHILDREN
Grandparents
Love and Marriage 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Dignity of women – John Paul II
God of Love (sex)
World Meeting of Families Rome 2022 – festival of families
Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4
GOD
Angels
Come Holy Spirit
God is Love 1,2– Benedict XVI
Man, image of God
Trinity
LITURGICAL YEAR
Advent and Christmas, 1 + 2
All departed souls
All Saints – Halloween for Christians
Carnival and Lent
Christmas – the birth of our Lord
Holy Week for adults
Holy Week for children 8+ years
Holy Week - drawings for children
Holy Week – Views of the last hours of JC – the passion
Sunday – Lord's Day – JP2
Thanksgiving
POPE FRANCIS – TRAVEL
Pope Francis in Africa
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in Bahrain 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Brazil WYD 2013
Pope Francis in Bulgaria and Macedonia
Pope Francis in Canada 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Central African Republic
Pope Francis in Chile 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Cyprus
Pope Francis in Colombia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Congo 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Cuba 2015
Pope Francis in Egype
Pope Francis in Slovakia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Europe – parliament
Pope Francis in Fatima
Pope Francis in Greece
Pope Francis in Holy Land,
- Israel, Palestine Jordan
Pope Francis in Hungary 2021 + 2023
Pope Francis in Iraq 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Ireland
– world meeting of families
Pope Francis in Kenya
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Kazakhstan 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Malta
Pope Francis in Mexico
Pope Francis in Mexico 2016
Pope Francis in Mongolia
Pope Francis in Morocco
Pope Francis in Panama – WYD 2019
Pope Francis in Peru
Pope Francis in Poland - Auschwitz
Pope Francis in Poland WYD 2016
Pope Francis in Portugal 2021 + WYD 2023
Pope Francis in Romania
Pope Francis in Sudan
Pope francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Thailand
Pope Francis in Uganda
Pope Francis in United Arab Emirates
MARIA
Fatima – History of the Apparitions of the Virgin
Mary and the Bible
Mary Doctrine and Dogmas
Medjugore pilgrimage
Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico – apparitions
Virgen de Pilar – Hispanic festival
Our Lady of Sheshan, China
SCIENCE
Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish
Juno explores Jupiter
Parker Solar Test
MORAL AND ETHICAL
Christian holidays - JP2
Conscience, human community,
human freedom and salvation
justification and grace, Life in Christ, merit and holiness
moral law, Morality of human acts, Passions, Sin, Sincerity
social justice, Social Life – participation, Virtue, vice
United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Human Dignity – declaration of dicastery for doctrine of faith
Vocation – www.vocation.org
Vocation to evangelize
Vocation to beatitude
Pope John XXIII – Peace on Earth
Pope Paul VI
Pope Juan Pablo II –
Redeemer of man,
Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2
Pope Benedict XVII - in Germany WYD 2005
POPE FRANCIS – DOCUMENTS
love and marriage - Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4 –
5.6
Christ lives - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5
Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5
FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8
LAUDATE Sii
1 – care of the common home
2 – gospel of creation
3 – The root of the ecological crisis
4 – integral ecology
5 – lines of action
6 – Ecological Education and Spirituality
LAUDATE DEUM
LUMEN FIDEI – chapter 1,2, - 3,4
Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Face of Mercy
Dear Amazonia 1,2,3,4

47. SAINTS and MARTYRS
Martyrs of Albania
Martyrs of Algeria
Martyrs of Korea
Martyrs of Libya
Martyrs of Japan
Martyrs of Uganda
Martyrs of Vietnam
Martires North American
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Alphonsus Maria Liguori
Saint Ambrose of Milan
Saint Andrew, Apostle
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Anthony of the desert (Egypt)
Saint Bruno, founder of the Carthusians
Saint Charles Borromeo
Saint Clement of Rome, Pope and Martyr
Saint Ciyil y Methodius
Saint Columbanus 1,2
Saint Donnán, irish mok and missionary to Scotland
Saint Daniel Comboni
Saint Dominic de Guzman, Dominican founder
Saint George and the legend of the dragon
Saint Dominic Savio
Saint Stephen, proto-martyr
Saint Philip Neri
Saint Fidelis of Simaringen, martyr
Saint Francis of Assisi 1,2,3,4
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis Xavier
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint Joaquin and Saint Ana
Saint Joseph, worker, husband, father
Saint John Bosco, founder of the Salesians
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint John of Damascus
Saint John of God
Saint John of the Cross
Saint John Ma Vianney, Curé de'Ars
Saint John Henry Newman, Cardinal
Saint John N. Neumann, of Philadelphia
Saint John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
Saint John Ogilvie, Scottish Jesuir Martyr
Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Leo the Great
Saint Luke the Evangelist
Saint Mark the Evangelist
Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Nazarius and Celsus
Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus)
Saint Paul, 1 + 2
Saint Padre Pio of Pietralcina
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saint Perpetua and Felicity
Saint Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint James the Apostle
Saint Simon and Judah Thaddeus, apostles
Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops, martyrs
Saint Zacharias and Elizabeth,
- parents of John the Baptist
Saint Thomas Becket
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Valentine
Saint Vincent of Paul
Saint Zacharias and Saint Elizabeth
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Agnes of Rome, virgin and martyr
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
Saint Brigid of Ireland
Saint Catherine of Alexandria,
- virgin and martyr
Saint Catherine of Siena
Saint Cecilia
Saint Faustina and divine mercy
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Saint Lucia, virgin and martyr
Saint Margaret of Scotland
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalene
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Monica, mother of Saint Augustine
Saint Rita of Cascia
Saint Teresa of Avila
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Saint Therese of Lisieux 1 + 2
Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
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48. LISTA de PRESENTACIONES en ESPAÑOL
CRISTO
Resurrección – según los evangelios
Cristo Rey
Cristo vive
Cuerpo de Crito - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4
Cristo y su Reino
Sagrado Corazón 1 + 2 – biblia y doctrina–
Haurietis aquas – el culto del Sagrado Corazón
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Vocación a evangelizar con Cristo
IGLESIA
Revelacíon Divina
Ministerio sacerdotal
Comunidad humana
Iglesia, madre y maestra
Signos de esperanza
Sinodo jovenes
CULTURA Y HISTORIA
Colón y el descubriento de America
Confraternitdades y processiones– Hispanic
Diwali – Festival de luz – Fiesta Hindi
Futbol en España
Presidente Trump
Revolución y el Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Feria de Sevilla
Virgen del Pilar y Hispanicidad
FAMILIA, HIJOS, NIÑOS
Abuelos
Amor y Matrimonio 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Dignidad de la mujer – John Paul II
Dios de Amor (sexo)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias - Roma 2022 – festival de ls familias
Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4
DIOS
Angeles
Ven Espiritu Santo
Dios es Amor 1,2– Benedicto XVI
El hombre, imagen de Dios
Trinidad
AÑO LITURGICO
Adviento y Navidad 1 + 2
Todos las Almas
Todos los Santos– Halloween para Cristianos
Carnival y Cuaresma
Navidad– el nacimiento del Señor
Semana Santa para adullos
Semana Santa para niños 8+ años
Semana Santa – dibujos para niños
Semana Santa– Vistas de las ultimas oras de JC – La Pasión
Domingo– Dia del Señor – JP2
Accion de Gracias - Thanksgiving
MARIA
Fátima – Historia de las Aparitciones de la Virgen
Maria y la Biblia
Maria Doctrina y Dogmas
Medjugore peregrinación
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico – aparitciónes
Virgen del Pilar –festival hispanica
Nuestra Señora de Sheshan, China
SCIENCE
Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish
Juno explora Jupiter
Parker Sonda Solar
MORAL Y ETICA
Vacaciones Cristianos - JP2
Conciencia, Comunidad Humana, Libertad Humana y
Salvacion
Justificación y gracia, Vida en Cristo, Merito y Santidad, Ley
moral
Moraliidad de actos humanos, Pasiones, Pecado ,
Sinceridad
Justicia social ,Vida Social– participacion,Virtud
Las Naciones Unidas y la declaración universal de los
derechos humanos.
Dignidad Humana – declaracion del dicasterio por la
doctrina de la fe
Vocación– www.vocation.org
Vocación a evangelizar
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Papa John XXIII – Paz en la tTerra
Papa Paul VI
Papa Juan Pablo II –
Redentor del hombre,
Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2
Papa Benedicto XVII – en Alemania JMJ 2005
PAPA FRANCISCO – DOCUMENTOS
Amor y matrimonio- Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4
– 5.6
Cristo vive - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5
Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5
FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8 (somos todos hermanos)
LAUDATE Sii
1 – cuidado de la casa común
2 – evangelio de la creación
3 – la raiz de la crisis ecologica
4 – ecologia integral
5 – lineas de acción
6 –Educación y Espiritualidad Ecological
LAUDATUM DEUM
LUMEN FIDEI – capitulo 1,2, - 3,4
Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Rostro del Perdón
Querida Amazonia 1,2,3,4
PAPA FRANCISCO – VIAJES
Papa Francisco en Africa
Papa Francisco en America
Papa Francisco en Bahrain 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Brazil WYD 2013
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria and Macedonia
Papa Francisco en Canada 1,2,3
Papa Francisco en Central African Republic
Papa Francisco en Chile 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Chipre
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Congo 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba 2015
Papa Francisco en Egypto
Papa Francisco en Eslovaqiia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Europa – parliamento
Papa Francisco en Fatima, Portugal
Papa Francisco en Grecia
Papa Francisco en Tierra Santa, Israel, Palestine Jordan
Papa Francisco en Hungria 2021 + 2023
Papa Francisco en Iraq 1,2,3
Papa Francisco en Ireanda – encuentro mundial de familias
Papa Francisco en Kenia
Papa Francisco en Japón
Papa Francisco en Kazaquistan 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Malta
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco en México 2016
Papa Francisco en Mongolia
Papa Francisco en Panama – JMJ 2019
Papa Francisco en Peru
Papa Francisco en Polonia- Auschwitz
Papa Francisco en Polonia – JMU - 2016
Papa Francisco en Portugal 2021 + JMJ 2023
Papa Francisco en Romania
Papa Francisco en Sudan
Papa Francisco en Suecia
Pope Francis en Tailandiia
Papa Francisco en Uganda
Papa Francisco en United Arab Emirates

49. SANTOS Y MÁRTIRES
Mártires de Albania
Mártires de Algeria
Mártires de Corea
Mártires de Libia
Mártires de Japón
Mártires de Uganda
Mártires de Vietnam
Mártires de Nortd America
San Alberto Magno
San Alfonso Maria Liguori
San Ambrosio de Milan
San Andrés, Apostol
San Antonio de Padua
San Antonio del desierto (Egypto)
San Bruno,
- fundador de los cartujos
San Carlos Borromeo
San Ciril and Metodio
San Clemente de Roma, papa y martir
San Columbanus 1,2
San Daniel Comboni
San Domingo de Guzman,
-fundador de los Dominicos
San Dominic Savio
San Donnán, misionario a Escocia
San Esteban, proto-martir
San Felipe Neri
San Fidelis of Simaringen, martir
San Francis co de Asís 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
San Francisco Xavier
San Ignacio de Loyola
San Joaquin y Santa Ana
San Jorge, y la leyenda del dragón
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Bosco, fundador de los Salesianos
San Juan Crisostom
San Juan Damascene
San Juan de Dios
San Juan de la cruz
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de'Ars
San Juan E. Newman, cardinal
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Filadelfia
San Juan Ogilvie, Jesuita, Escosés, Martir
San Juan Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
San Juan, Apostol y Evangelista
San Leon el Grande
San Lukas, Evangelista
San Marcos, Evangelista
San Martin de Porres
San Martin de Tours
San Mateo, Apostol y Evangelista
San Maximiliana Kolbe
San Nazareo y Celso, martires
San Nicolas (Santa Claus)
San Pablo, 1 + 2
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio de Irlanda
San Pedro Claver
Santa Perpetua y Felicidad
San Roberto Bellarmino
Santiago, Apostol
San Simon y Judas Tadeo, apostoles
Santos Timoteo y Tito, obispos, mártires
San Zacharias e Isavel,
- padres de Juan el Bautista
San Tomás Beckett
San Tomás de Aquinas
San Valentino
San Vincent e de Paul
San Zacharias y Santa Isabel
Sant’ Agueda, virgen and martir
Santa Bernadita de Lourdes
Santa Brigid a de Irlanda
Santa Caterina de Alexandria, virgen y martir
Santa Caterina de Siena
Santa Cecilia, virgen e martir
Santa Faustina and divine mercy
Sant’ Agnes of Rome, virgen y martir
Sant’ Isabel de Hungria
Sant’ Inés, virgen y martir
Santa Lucia, virgen y martir
Santa Margarita de Escocia
Santa Maria Goretti
Santa Maria Magdalena
Santa Marta, Maria y Lazaro
Santa Monica, madre de San Augustine
Santa Rita de Cascia
Santa Teresa deAvila
Santa Teresa de Calcutta
Santa Terese de Lisieux 1 + 2
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