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Understanding Martyrdom: Concepts and Contexts

This quiz explores the concept of martyrdom across various cultures and religions, examining its definitions, historical contexts, and related philosophical ideas.

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1 Martyr, Schizophrenia and Psychology are all:

2 A martyr (Greek: μάρτυς, mártys, "witness"; stem μάρτυρ-, mártyr-) is somebody who suffers ________ and death for refusing to renounce a belief, usually religious.

3 Martyr, Logos and Sin are all:

4 The word also appears with these various meanings in the ________, the sayings of Muhammad.

5 Martyr, Kabbalah and Problem of evil are all:

6 Martyrdom in battle is seen as highly noble in Hinduism, which is evident in the ________ where Krishna states

7 Martyr, Seven deadly sins and Byzantine Empire are all:

8 Some Christians view death in ________ persecution as martyrdom.

9 In its original meaning, the word martyr, meaning witness, was used in the secular sphere as well as in both the Old Testament and the New Testament of the ________.

10 The term, in this later sense, entered the ________ as a loanword.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • at the time of his martyrdom in 202, Saint Charalampus was 113 years old.
  • according to legend, a spring came up on all three spots where the severed head of Catholic martyr Saint Baudilus bounced after his martyrdom in Nîmes.
  • according to legend, Christian martyr Saint Getulius and his associates were clubbed to death after they had been thrown into flames but emerged unharmed.
  • six-year-old Antonietta Meo could soon become the youngest saint not a martyr canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
  • the Chinese government had no objections when the Eastern Orthodox Church canonized Metrophanes, Chi Sung and other martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion, but did object to canonizations by the Roman Catholic Church.
  • the mediaeval wall paintings in the church of St Peter ad Vincula, South Newington, Oxfordshire, are considered to be "of a nature seldom found in a parish church" and include the martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket (pictured).
  • the crucified figure in Francisco Zurbarán's 1628 painting Saint Serapion (pictured) was based on a Mercedarian friar who fought and was martyred during the Third Crusade of 1196.
  • the Baekryulsa temple located in Gyeongju, South Korea, which was once the capital of the Silla kingdom, is believed to be associated with Ichadon, the first martyr for Buddhism in Korea.
  • Reverend John Chilembwe is celebrated as the first Malawian nationalist, and was a martyr for his cause.
  • William Marshall produced an engraving (pictured) of Charles I of England as a Christian martyr for the Eikon Basilike, published ten days after the King was executed in 1649.
  • Rhipsime and her companions are venerated as the first Christian martyrs in Armenian history.
  • Luis Sotelo was a Spanish friar who died as a martyr in Japan in 1624.
  • José María Robles Hurtado, a martyr during the Cristero War, placed the noose that would be used to hang him around his own neck, telling his executioner "Don't dirty your hands".
  • Thomas John McDonnell consecrated Marist College's altar with the relics of two martyrs.
  • Uncle Tom (pictured) was a virile Christian martyr in his original depiction in the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
  • Walerian Łukasiński, a 19th century Polish Army officer, was sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment by the Russian Empire, and died in prison after 44 years, becoming one of the martyrs of the Polish struggle for independence under the partitions.
  • Varvara Yakovleva, a nun of the Russian Orthodox Church, was canonized as a martyr after she was killed with her former mistress, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna.
  • 4th century martyr Emygdius is said to have carried his own severed head away after being decapitated.
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