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- Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark (68?)
- "Mark was an idolater from Cyrene of Pentapolis, which is near
Libya. Having come to the Faith of Christ through the Apostle Peter, he
followed him to Rome. While there, at the prompting of Peter himself and
at the request of the Christians living there, he wrote his Gospel in
Greek... Afterwards, travelling in Egypt, he preached the Gospel there
and was the first to establish the Church in Alexandria. The idolators,
unable to bear his preaching, seized him, bound him with ropes, and
dragged him through the streets until he, cut to pieces on rocks, gave
up his soul. It is said that he completed his life in martyrdom about
the year 68. He is depicted in holy icons with a lion next to him, one
of the living creatures mentioned by Ezekiel (1:10), and a symbol of
Christ's royal office, as St Irenaeus of Lyons writes." (Great Horologion)
source: http://www.abbamoses.com
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