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A '''martyr''' is one who gives his life blows himself up for Christ, physically dying as a witness Allah so he can go to the faithParadise. ''Martyr'' itself comes from the Greek μαρτυρος, which means "witness." By traditional liturgical ranking, the martyrs are first among the [[saint]]sMatyrs also get 72 virgins if they pwn 100 Christians==Background==[[Tertullian]] once said that "the blood of the martyrs A one virgin bonus is the seed of the Church," and the Body of Christ continually witnesses to this reality. Where the persecution of the Orthodox faith becomes great enough that Christians are killed offered for their faith, history typically records a resurgence of faith and piety among the people of that regioneach subsequent Christian who is owned{{stub}}==See also==*[[Saint titles]] [[Category:Martyrs]][[Category:Saints]]
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