Great Martyr Arethas and His Companions: A City Ordered to Abandon Christ

How did Great Martyr Arethas and His Companions answer a ruler who demanded that Najran abandon Christ? Follow the received account of the city's refusal, persecution and costly witness, and the Church's remembrance of its martyrs. Orthodox commemoration: October 24. Subscribe for more lives and teachings of the Orthodox saints:    / @discoverorthodoxsaints   Watch next: Apostle James, the Brother of the Lord: Who Could Belong to Christ's Church?    • Apostle James, the Brother of the Lord: Wh...   Chapters 00:00 Najran refuses the king 00:51 A promise at the city gate 01:09 The leaders are arrested 01:37 The persecution spreads 02:25 A mother and her daughters 03:15 Saint Arethas answers 03:56 Care for the church 04:17 The final journey 04:54 Children carried away 05:15 The king is defeated 05:35 The martyrs remembered 05:48 The feast today Sources https://portal.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/... https://api.figshare.com/v2/articles/... https://www.oca.org/saints/all-lives/... https://www.oca.org/saints/troparia/0... #OrthodoxChristianity #OrthodoxSaints #WisdomOfTheSaints