“Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They even killed those who prophesied the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him.”

About Saint Stephen

Christian Martyr • Judean

Saint Stephen is revered in Christianity as the first martyr, or protomartyr, and one of the first seven deacons chosen by the Apostles. He was a Hellenistic Jew tasked with distributing aid to widows and the poor...