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The Martyr Bata Commemorated on May 1 The Martyr Bata, a monastic, lived during the IV Century in Persia and asceticised there in one of the monasteries. During a time of persecution against Christians, initiated by the Persian emperor, the holy martyr was killed in the city of Niziba for confessing the Christian faith. © 1996-2001 by translator Fr. S. Janos. |
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