Saint Demetrius

Fierce defender of his home

Join me today as we encounter Saint Demetrius, one of the greatest of the military saints, a saint who loved his people and his home and defended them long after his martyrdom.

Name: Demetrius

Status: Saint

Life: died around 305 AD

Feast day: April 8

Saint Demetrius kills a Bulgarian leader, 17th century Syrian icon (Source: British Museum).

The slave’s name …