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Martyr

Sabbas

Chinese Orthodox Christian, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.

Feast
June 11old style June 24
Reposed
190019th century
Place
Beijing
Order
Martyrs

Life

Sabbas was a boy of 13, the son of Myron Ionin Rui. He was killed on 10 June 1900 (old style; 23 June in the new), during the Boxer Rising. He suffered together with his parents and his brothers and sisters.

On 10 June 1900 proclamations were posted on the walls of Beijing calling on the people to slaughter all Christians. His name stands in the list of the 222 Orthodox Christians killed in 1900, drawn up in 1904 by the Brotherhood of the Orthodox Church in China.

Commemorated the same day June 11