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IV.
The Saints and Martyrs
A long procession of saints and martyrs marches about the
lower walls of the parecclesion; in the apse stand six Fathers of
the Church (from left to right):
St. Athanasius
St. Gregory the Theologian
St. John Chrysostomos
St. Nicholas of Myra
St. Basil
St. Cyril of Alexandria
The Virgin Eleousa,
the Merciful or Compassionate on south
wall of bema
South Wall
(east to west):
North Wall
(west to east):
St. George of Cappadocia
St. Eustathius Plakidas
St. Florus
(medallion)
St. Samonas of Edessa
St. Laurus
(medallion)
St. Gurias of Edessa
St. Demetrius of Thessalonika St. Artemius
or St. Nicetas
St. heodore Tyro
St. Bacchus
(medallion)
St. Theodore Stratelates
St. Sergius (medallion)
St. Mercurius
An unidentified saint
St. Procopius
Medallion of unidentified saint
St. Sabah Stratelates
A stylite saint
West Wall
South pier: An unidentified saint
North pier: St. David of Thessalonika
(in an almond tree
where he lived for three years)
As will be noticed, most of these saints belong to the Eastern Church
and are almost unknown in the West. Pictures of many of them
appear also in the outer narthex, but since they are chiefly of interest
only to the student of Eastern hagiology it has not seemed necessary
to name them.
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