we celebrate the Feast of Saint Stephen, the first martyr. We find the account of his martyrdom in the Acts of the Apostles, ...

Saint Stephen dwelt with the venerable monk John for more than fifteen years ... for both struggles you have been crowned by God, monk-martyr Stephen of eternal memory.

Saint Stephen was a Jew, by race, and, as some say, a disciple of Gamaliel, the teacher of the Law mentioned in Acts 5:34 and 22:3. He was the first of the seven deacons whom the Apostles established ...

On this feast of Stephen, Tom visits Norwich ... of East Anglia takes the story of martyrdom on to the 12th century. In Norwich, a city which had no saint, a twelve year old boy called William ...