Passion bearer

Passion bearer

In Orthodox Christianity, a passion bearer (Russian: "strastoterpets", "страстотéрпец") is a person who faces his or her death in a Christ-like manner. Unlike martyrs, passion-bearers are not explicitly killed for their faith, though they hold to that faith with piety and true love of God.

Famous passion bearers include Nicholas II of Russia, his wife Alexandra Feodorovna, the Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, the Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, the Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, and Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia.


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