Great martyr
A great martyr (also spelled greatmartyr or great-martyr) or megalomartyr (from
Rite of Constantinople. The term is also used in Malta especially by parishes dedicated to Saint George
in reference to him (San Ġorġ Megalomartri).
Generally speaking, a greatmartyr is a
protomartyrs
(the first martyr in a given region).
Partial list of megalomartyrs
- Saint Anastasia
- Saint Apostolos of St. Laurence
- Saint Artemius
- Saint Barbara
- Prince Bidzin, Prince Elizbar, and Prince Shalva of Georgia
- Saint Catherine of Alexandria
- Saint Christina
- Saint Demetrius
- Saint Euphemia
- Saint Eustace
- Saint George
- Saint George the New at Sophia (1515)
- Saint Haralambos
- Saint Irene
- John the New of Suceava
- Ketevan, Queen of Georgia
- Kostanti-Kakhay, of Georgia
- Saint Lazar of Serbia
- Saint Marina
- Saint Menas
- Saint Mercurius
- Saint Michael-Gobron of Georgia
- Saint Pantaleon
- Saint Paraskeva
- Saint Kyriaki
- Saint Phanourios
- Saint Procopius
- Saint Sabbas the Goth
- Theodore Gavra of Atran in Chaldea
- Saint Theodore Stratelates
- Theodore Tiron
- Saint Tryphon
- Xenia of Peloponnesus
