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The Great Cloud of Witnesses

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Martyred Family of Constantinople

Saint Mary and Saint Xenophon were married and the parents of Saint John and Saint Arcadius. Theirs was a wealthy family of Senatorial rank in 5th century imperial Constantinople, but were known as a Christians who lived simple lives. To give their sons a good education, Xenophon and Mary sent them to university in Beirut, Phoenicia. However, their ship wrecked, there was no communication from...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 189
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