The Church in Albania gave the faith early martyrs, apostolic saints and the priests and laypeople who were killed under communism. This set honors them together.
All of these cards are tied to Albania: early bishops and martyrs, saints who preached there, and the martyrs of the communist era.
This bundle includes 13 different handmade prayer cards, one of each saint listed below.
The 13 cards in this bundle
- Saint Angeline of Albania: An Orthodox royal wife, widow and refugee who lost her homeland and husband in the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans. She is called Angelina of Serbia in other traditions.
- Saint Astius of Durrës: A second century bishop of Durrës on the Adriatic coast, arrested for preaching Christ and crucified.
- Saint Donatus of Euroea (Shën Donati): An early bishop and martyr of Euroea in what is now Albania, venerated by Orthodox and Catholic Albanians. Feast: April 30.
- Saint Eleutherius (Shën Lefteri): An early bishop and martyr of Illyria in what is now Albania, remembered by Orthodox and Catholic Albanians. Feast: December 15.
- Saint Cosmas of Aetolia (Shën Kozmai): An eighteenth century Orthodox monk and martyr who walked the villages of Greece and Albania preaching repentance and teaching children under trees. Feast: August 24.
- Blessed Dom Anton Muzaj: An Albanian priest who simply kept being a priest under communist surveillance, hearing confessions and giving guidance in secret.
- Blessed Dom Kurti (Shtjefën Kurti): An Albanian priest who was arrested, sentenced to death and shot by firing squad after secretly baptizing a child.
- Blessed Dom Mikel Beltoja: An Albanian priest who kept preaching moral truth openly when the communist regime demanded silence from the Church.
- Blessed Fran Mirakaj: A young Albanian layman arrested simply for being Catholic, imprisoned without fair trial and held under forced labor and deprivation.
- Blessed Lazër Shantoja: An Albanian priest, poet and translator, martyred under communism, whose voice refused to be silenced.
- Blessed Maria Tuci: A young Albanian woman preparing for religious life, honored as a virgin martyr of the communist persecution.
- Blessed Mark Çuni: A young Albanian layman who was arrested, tortured and repeatedly ordered to renounce his faith, and refused.
- Blessed Vinçenc Prennush: An Albanian archbishop of Durrës, poet and martyr, who led his people while churches were closed and priests arrested under communism.
Each card features sacred artwork on the front and a short biography with a prayer on the back. Every card is handmade and laminated in Austin, Texas, and a prayer is said for the person who will receive it.
The Church in Albania gave the faith early martyrs, apostolic saints and the priests and laypeople who were killed under communism. This set honors them together.
All of these cards are tied to Albania: early bishops and martyrs, saints who preached there, and the martyrs of the communist era.
This bundle includes 13 different handmade prayer cards, one of each saint listed below.
The 13 cards in this bundle
- Saint Angeline of Albania: An Orthodox royal wife, widow and refugee who lost her homeland and husband in the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans. She is called Angelina of Serbia in other traditions.
- Saint Astius of Durrës: A second century bishop of Durrës on the Adriatic coast, arrested for preaching Christ and crucified.
- Saint Donatus of Euroea (Shën Donati): An early bishop and martyr of Euroea in what is now Albania, venerated by Orthodox and Catholic Albanians. Feast: April 30.
- Saint Eleutherius (Shën Lefteri): An early bishop and martyr of Illyria in what is now Albania, remembered by Orthodox and Catholic Albanians. Feast: December 15.
- Saint Cosmas of Aetolia (Shën Kozmai): An eighteenth century Orthodox monk and martyr who walked the villages of Greece and Albania preaching repentance and teaching children under trees. Feast: August 24.
- Blessed Dom Anton Muzaj: An Albanian priest who simply kept being a priest under communist surveillance, hearing confessions and giving guidance in secret.
- Blessed Dom Kurti (Shtjefën Kurti): An Albanian priest who was arrested, sentenced to death and shot by firing squad after secretly baptizing a child.
- Blessed Dom Mikel Beltoja: An Albanian priest who kept preaching moral truth openly when the communist regime demanded silence from the Church.
- Blessed Fran Mirakaj: A young Albanian layman arrested simply for being Catholic, imprisoned without fair trial and held under forced labor and deprivation.
- Blessed Lazër Shantoja: An Albanian priest, poet and translator, martyred under communism, whose voice refused to be silenced.
- Blessed Maria Tuci: A young Albanian woman preparing for religious life, honored as a virgin martyr of the communist persecution.
- Blessed Mark Çuni: A young Albanian layman who was arrested, tortured and repeatedly ordered to renounce his faith, and refused.
- Blessed Vinçenc Prennush: An Albanian archbishop of Durrës, poet and martyr, who led his people while churches were closed and priests arrested under communism.
Each card features sacred artwork on the front and a short biography with a prayer on the back. Every card is handmade and laminated in Austin, Texas, and a prayer is said for the person who will receive it.
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