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3 days ago · The Life of Martyrdom. Sam Husseini. Sep 29, 2024. I arrived in New York City a week ago. I immediately went to a protest in Astoria, Queens. It started in “Little Egypt” and weaved through the immigrant neighborhood there. It ended with a banner — “Glory Glory to our Martyrs” held up before a memorial in a waterfront park with Jesus ...
2 days ago · Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Party and state leaders attended a ceremony to present flower baskets to fallen heroes at Tian'anmen Square in central Beijing on Monday.
2 days ago · Relics were installed in basillicas or in special churches called martyria. The tombs of martyrs, on the margins of cities and towns, attracted pilgrims and processions. Legends described the prodigious virtues of martyrs and saints, as well as the dreams or visions that revealed the resting places of still more powerful relics.
3 days ago · September 30, 2014, was China's first Martyrs' Day. On that morning, national leaders such as President Xi Jinping (習近平) and Premier Li Keqiang (李克強) came to Tiananmen Square in Beijing, together with representatives from all walks of life in the capital, to attend the wreath-laying ceremony in honour of the People's Heroes.
2 days ago · The event was held to mark China's 11th Martyrs' Day, a day ahead of its National Day. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo) A mourning ritual is held at the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Sept. 30, 2024. The event was held to mark China's 11th Martyrs' Day, a day ahead of its National Day.
3 days ago · The Five Priests, a full-length documentary film about five French-born priests known as the “Shreveport Martyrs” who gave their lives ministering to the sick during the devastating Yellow ...
3 days ago · Further enhancing the drama of the story — and supporting the heroic actions of these five martyrs of charity — are small but telling inserts, including pages from the local newspaper, the Shreveport Times, listing the names of people and their ages who were succumbing to the devastating fever.
