Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs

Saints Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs
Saints Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs
	An icon of Saints Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs in the Coptic Museum.
Martyrs
Born	4th century
Died	4th century
Venerated in	Oriental Orthodox Churches; Church of the East; Maronite Church; Chaldean Catholic Church
Major shrine	Monastery of Saints Behnam and Sarah, Iraq
Feast	10 January (Armenian Apostolic Church); 10 December (Syriac Orthodox Church); 23 December (Coptic Orthodox Church);

Saints Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs were 4th-century Assyrian Christians who suffered martyrdom during the reign of Shapur II. They are venerated as saints in the Assyrian Church of the East and Oriental Orthodox Churches.

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