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Icon of the Protomartyr Stephen, a young deacon with censer and casket.

The Apostolic Age

Saint Stephen c. AD 34

Protomartyr and Archdeacon

Commemorated
December 27
Lived
c. AD 34

The first of the seven deacons and the first martyr of the Church, stoned in Jerusalem while praying for his killers. See Acts 6-7.

Holy Stephen, pray to God for us.