4/1/2021 · Arethas and his companions were martyred in Najran, a town in northern yemen and a center of South Arabian Christianity. Before 520 the South Arabian Prince dh ? nuw ? s masruk: (Dunaan), a convert to Judaism, revolted against the Aksumite Ethiopians who ruled the Arabs and Jews of Yemen.
10/24/2015 · Saint Arethas ‘ name in Arabic, Harith, means plowman, tiller, much the same as George does in Greek. The Christian Martyrs of Najran Christianity must have been introduced into Najr?n, as in the rest of South Arabia, in the 5th century AD or perhaps a century earlier.
10/24/2015 · Led by St Arethas , hundreds of martyrs, including women, children, and babes, valiantly withstood his threats, and were beheaded and burned. After the men had been slain, all the free-born Christian women of Najran were brought before the tyrant and commanded to abjure Christ or die yet they rebuked the persecutor with such boldness that he …
Christian community of Najran – Wikipedia, Arethas (martyr) – Wikipedia, Christian community of Najran – Wikipedia, Christian community of Najran – Wikipedia, 10/24/2008 · St . Arethas the Great Martyr, and those with him. Greetings! These Martyrs contested for piety’s sake in the year 524 in Najran , a city of Arabia Felix (present-day Yemen). When Dhu Nuwas, ruler of the Himyarite tribe in south Arabia, and a Judaizer, took power, he sought to blot out Christianity, especially at Najran , a Christian city …
(10) Among the different spellings to be checked are these: Saints Arethas (Al-Harith), Khîrût, and/or Elsebaan, of Nâgrân or Arabia or Najran orNajrân. (11) Budge, E. A. Wallis The Book of the Saints of the Ethiopian Church, 4 vol.s, Cambridge University Press, 1928, pages 289-93. St . Elizabeth is not named among “the men (sic.
10/24/2017 · Led by Saint Arethas , hundreds of martyrs, including women, children, and babes, valiantly withstood his threats, and were beheaded and burned. After the men had been slain, all the free-born Christian women of Najran were brought before the tyrant and commanded to abjure Christ or die yet they rebuked the persecutor with such boldness that he …
